Nutritionists advise:

Breakfast should be eaten within two hours of waking

A healthy breakfast should provide calories in the range of 20-35% of your Guideline Daily Allowance (GDA).

Apart from providing us with energy, breakfast foods are good sources of important nutrients such as calcium, iron and B vitamins as well as protein and fiber. The body needs these essential nutrients and research shows that if these are missed at breakfast, they are less likely to be compensated for later in the day. Fruit and vegetables are good sources of vitamins and minerals so try to include a portion of your daily five at breakfast, whether that be a banana or glass of fruit juice.

Cognitive Function – Breakfast also restores glucose levels, an essential carbohydrate that is needed for the brain to function. Many studies have shown how eating breakfast can improve memory and concentration levels and it can also make us happier as it can improve mood and lower stress levels. In studies amongst children, breakfast can improve attainment, behavior and has been linked to improved grades. Just like any other organ in the body, the brain needs energy to work at it’s best!

Energy Needs – People’s energy needs vary depending on activity levels and life stage but typically men require more energy than women. Growing children require a lot of energy, as an example boys aged 7-10 yrs should consume approx. 1970 kcals per day, and girls aged 7-10 yrs should consume approx. 1740 kcals. For adults, men require approx. 2500 kcals and women approx. 2000 kcals per day.

Long Term Health – Breakfast is an excellent occasion to eat together as a family when possible. Establishing good breakfast habits in childhood and maintaining them throughout adolescence may be an important factor in reducing the prevalence of breakfast skipping and developing good eating habits that last a lifetime.

 

1. Moong dal Cheela – This is one of the healthy options for low fat, healthy and nutritious breakfast. Moong dal (split green gram) is considered one of the healthiest dal and also ideal breakfast or snack for Diabetics.
2. Litti Chokha – Litti Chokha is one of the most nutritious breakfasts eaten and you can also make it very easily at home. Litti is the stuffed whole wheat ball and chokha is mashed vegetables.
3. Daliya – Daliya is a light and healthy dish which makes it an excellent breakfast choice. Just make sure to make daliya with whole grains and not refined grains.
4. Idli Sambhar- Idli are just steamed rice. But Idli alone won’t be nutritious but with sambhar it becomes a whole food since sambhar is made up of dal and lots of healthy vegetables. You can replace rice and make idli with oats or ragi for making it super healthy. If you do not have time to make the sambhar, just stock some gunpowder at home or some molaga podi and pair it with idli.
5. Dhokla – Dhokla is made with gram flour which is nothing but chickpeas flour. It is rich in fiber, iron, potassium, manganese, copper, zinc, phosphorus, magnesium, folate, vitamin B-6 and thiamine. I know list of nutrients is very long!!!
6. Thepla – Methi Thepla not only contains whole wheat flour but also methi. Thepla is a staple gujrati snack. Just have it without ghee to make it low calorie breakfast meal.
7. Mix Veg. Paratha – Just use leftover vegetables or dal to make parathas for your breakfast and you are done with most of the nutrition quota for your day.
8. Upma – Just make sure to add lots of veggies upma to make it tastier and healthier! You can also replace rava with oats to make upma super healthy.
9. Continental – when you are looking for a lighter meal to start off the day. A cup of cappuccino, along with a croissant or pain au chocolat. It’s on the sweet side but not too sweet.
10. Dosa – It’s like a paper-thin sourdough pancake. There can be many types of fillings, but the most common type of dosa is masala dosa, which has curried potatoes inside. The surface of the dosa is very crisp, yet malleable enough to scoop up the potato filling.
11. Nut Butter, Banana and Chia seed toast – Try this super food twist on classic PB and toast with 1/2 a banana (sliced) and a sprinkle ofchia, which is packed with vitamins and minerals (like six times more calcium than milk!).
12. Berry and Yogurt smoothie – Here’s a simple and delicious smoothie for the morning rush. Blend frozen fruit (banana and berries work well) with Greek yogurt and a liquid of your choice (milk, juice,coconut water—whatever you like). Freeze overnight and thaw throughout the day to enjoy in the afternoon or blend up in the morning.
13. Savory oatmeal with an egg – Take oatmeal to a whole new level by making it savory. Prepare as usual with milk or water, but add a pinch of salt and pepper instead of any cinnamon or sugar. Then top with an over-easy or poached egg and sprinkle on a little cheese for an extra tasty kick.
14. Quinoa fruit salad – Spice up a plain old fruit cup with a scoop of quinoa. Toss the whole shebang around until the quinoa is evenly distributed. Add a dressing of honey, lime, and basil for a little extra body.
15. Tomato toast with Macadamia Ricotta – Here’s a healthier take on a classic breakfast sandwich: Take 2 slices of a hearty whole-grain bread, spread each slice with 1 tablespoon of homemade macadamia ricotta cheese, and sprinkle with shiso or basil, kosher salt, and fresh cracked pepper to taste. Add 1-2 hearty slices of fresh heirloom tomatoes (blotted with paper towel to remove excess liquid) and enjoy.
16. Warm fruit bowl – This gluten-free bowl should hit the spot. Simply bake a berry blend in the oven, sprinkle with dark chocolate shavings, and add a cup of milk.
17. Zacchini Bread Oatmeal – Turn a classic baked loaf into oatmeal with this recipe. Adding shredded zucchini is a great way to fit in an extra serving of veggies. Throw on a handful of toasted walnuts for some added crunch.
18. Open-Face Breakfast Sandwich – Simply toss arugula with olive oil and lemon juice before frying eggs with a dash of salt and pepper. Place on top of whole-wheat toast layered with ricotta and a sprinkle of Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese. Wrap in foil and enjoy whenever the craving hits!
19. Peanut Butter and Banana Smoothie – Smoothies are a perfection-the-go snack any time of day. Blend frozen bananas, peanut butter, soy milk, Greek yogurt, honey, and a few ice cubes. Add a scoop of your favorite chocolate or vanilla protein for an extra protein boost.
20. Blueberry Almond and overnight Oats – This is the ultimate busy-bee breakfast. Combine oats, chia seeds, blueberries, vanilla, almond milk, and maple syrup in a sealed container the night before. In the morning, top with slivered almonds and half a sliced banana, and you’re ready for breakfast. If you’re in the mood for something warm, heat in the microwave for 1-2 minutes.
21. Berry Breakfast Parfait – One of the easiest, healthiest, and tastiest breakfasts out there is a classic fruit and yogurt parfait. The best part? It can be made with any toppings you like. Try choosing fruits that are in season for the most flavorful options.
22. Banana Peanut Butter Chia Pudding – Try adding this super food twist to the classic. All you need is chia seeds, a banana, some PB, and milk to combine all of the ingredients in overnight. With the sprinkle of chia, which is packed with vitamins and minerals (like six times more calcium than milk!), this is a perfectly balanced breakfast.
23. Hakka Sevai – Instead of your regular noodles, take your sevai or vermicelli and make it the Hakka noodles way with less oil and more veggies. You can also add some urad dal and chana dal to the tadka to give it more of an Indian twist.
24. Porridge – Indians have always had their porridge or as they call it the kheer. Replace it with honey or jaggery instead of sugar. Alternatively, if you are fasting, use sabudana instead of rice.
25. Parathas – Have delicious stuffed parathas with curd and some chutney in the morning. Go easy on the butter or replace it with fresh, home-made white butter instead of the salted one.
26. Misal Pav – Contrary to popular belief, misal pav is extremely healthy as it has pulses. Just don’t add the oil and spice mix or add it in moderation. Namely, eat Usal pav. Also, replace the pav with Indian bhakri and you’re sorted!
27. Poha – You have many versions like the kande pohe or the aloo poha. Add peas and some roasted groundnuts to the mix and top it with grated coconut for a wholesome brunch!
28. Appam – These lacy soft hoppers also known as palappam are a popular Kerala breakfast served along with vegetable stew or Kadala Curry.
29. Pongal – Popular South Indian breakfast made with rice and yellow moong Lentils. There are many variations possible , at times grated coconut is also added. You could even add some chopped veggies to make a mix veg. pongal.
30. Pesarattu – These Moong dal dosas are a healthy and nutritious dosa variety. Vegan as well as gluten free. It’s a popular recipe from Andhra Pradesh. Two more variations are Urad dal dosa and mixed dal dosa.
31. Adai – Adai is a delicious protein rich pancake. Making Adai is very easy. Rice and Lentils are soaked and then ground to a slightly coarse batter. Also unlike Dosa you don’t need to ferment the batter.
32. Set Dosa – These are very soft, Light and Spongy These soft dosa are called as set dosa as they are served in a set of three dosa per serving. Serve set dosa with coconut Chutney, Veg. sagu, Potato sagu, Veg.Korma or Sambar.
33. Bread Poha – With almost no special ingredients, this quick recipe is a treat for those out of options. Pick up that boring loaf of bread and add some peanuts, chilli, peas and garnish with lemon for taste.
34. Uttapam – What look like thick pancakes, are a tasty South Indian delicacy prepared made with the batter ofrice, dhuli urad dal and fenugreek seeds.

1. Starting your morning with breakfast will boost your metabolism.
2. A morning meals helps keep your blood sugar level stable during the day.
3. Healthy and nutritious breakfast reduces risk for starving as well as cravings and overeating later in the day
4. Having breakfast helps feel fuller for longer and eat fewer calories throughout the day and that way control your weight.
5. Studies have shown that people who eat breakfast consume more vitamins, minerals, and fiber throughout the day.
6. Eating a healthy breakfast helps improve your concentration and productivity throughout the day.
7. A morning meal helps energize your body, keeping you active and productive until lunch.
8. Eating breakfast can keep you from packing on the Kilograms.
9. Food is fuel for the body, so eating a nutritious breakfast means you will have energy to burn.
10. Studies have now shown that irregular breakfast consumption is associated with a higher risk of type 2 Diabetes in women.
11. Start the off right with a healthy breakfast, which has been associated with a lower incidence of heart disease in men aged 45 to 85.
12. Do yourself ( and  your waistline ) a favor and make a little extra time for a quick and healthy morning meal.
13. Eating breakfast means we start the day off on the right foot from a nutritional stand point. Eat one with a mix of healthy fats, proteins and complex carbohydrates.
14. People living in the blue zone – global locations known for good health and along lifespan – all eat the most calories at breakfast, the second most at lunch and the least at dinner.
15. Eating breakfast might help the body regulate blood glucose concentrations.
16. You can use a nourishing breakfast to ward off your hangover. A healthy breakfast rich in iron, folate, and other minerals and vitamins will help your body to compensate for the lost nutrients.

 

1. Breakfast cereals – Many people think breakfast cereals are a nutritious choice for children and adults. Cereal packages often include health claims, such as “contains whole grains.” In reality, these cereals are highly processed and contain only a small amount of whole grains. Breakfast cereals contain mostly refined (not whole) grains and sugar. In fact, sugar is usually the first or second item in the ingredients list. The higher on the list, the greater the quantity. A high sugar intake may raise the risk of obesity, type 2 diabetes, heart disease and other chronic health conditions.
2. Toast with Margarine – Toast topped with margarine may seem like a good breakfast choice, since it doesn’t contain saturated fat or sugar. However, this is actually an unhealthy breakfast for two reasons.First, because the flour in most bread is refined, it provides you with few nutrients and little fiber.  Because it is high in refined carbs and low in fiber, it can spike your blood sugar levels very fast. Second, most margarines contain trans fats, which are the most unhealthy type of fat you can eat. There’s a massive amount of evidence that trans fats are highly inflammatory and increase your risk of disease. 
3. Muffins – Despite a reputation for being healthy, most muffins are just small cakes in disguise. They’re made from refined flour,vegetable oils, eggs and sugar. The only healthy ingredient is the eggs. Sometimes muffins are topped with additional sugar, or filled with chocolate chips or dried fruit, further adding to their sugar and calorie content. All contents of muffins are unhealthy.
4. Fruit Juice – Fruit juice is one of the worst choices you can make if you’re trying to avoid hunger, weight gain and chronic disease. Some fruit juices on the market actually contain very little juice and are sweetened with sugar or high-fructose corn syrup. High sugar levels increase your risk of obesity, metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes and other diseases.

   Drinking fruit juice causes your blood sugar to rise very quickly because there’s no fat or fiber to slow down absorption. The resulting spike in insulin and drop in blood sugar can make you feel tired, shaky and hungry.

5. Toaster Pastries – Toaster pastries are an undeniably quick and easy breakfast option. However, their ingredients are anything but healthy. In addition to being high in sugar and refined flour, toaster pastries only have a couple of grams of protein.
6. Scones with Jam and Cream – Scones topped with jam are truly more like dessert than a meal. They’re usually topped with cream and jam or jelly. The end result is a high-calorie, sugary breakfast with little fiber and protein. Easily digested carbs and a lack of fiber can drive hunger, leading to increased food intake and weight gain.
7. Granola Bars – Granola bars may sound like great breakfast options, but they’re often no better than candy bars. Further driving up their sugar content, granola bars sometimes contain chocolate chips or dried fruit.In fact, some of the most popular brands contain a combination of sugar, corn syrup and honey. Large amounts of these sugars can raise blood sugar, insulin levels and inflammation. They also lack protein and fiber.
8. Doughnut – With sugar, refined carbs, and deep-fried fat, doughnuts are another breakfast food to avoid. If you’re going to indulge, at least pair the doughnut with protein or fat, to help stabilize your blood sugar and avoid an energy crash. Try a handful of nuts, or a hard boiled egg.

 

1. People who skip breakfast have lower energy levels, as well as less strength and endurance to engage in physical activity.
2. You may have worst moods during the day.
3. Skipping breakfast influences you having poorer memory.
4. People are much more likely to become overweight and face a higher risk of serious health problems.
5. Researchers also claim that people who skip breakfast are more prone to infections – perhaps because white blood cells, which fight infection, need a morning boost.
6. Skipping breakfast is associated with decreased physical activity.
7. Skipping breakfast can make you overindulge in food during the day time. This in turn paves the way for increased prevalence of obesity, due to which It was found out that a person who is overweight or obese has an increased risk of developing cancer.
8. Skipping meals trigger a massive dip in sugar levels, in turn, triggering the release of hormones that could compensate for the low glucose levels. This, on the other hand, increases the blood pressure levels, triggering migraines and headaches.
9. One of the major side effects of skipping breakfast results in hair loss. Yes, a meal that contains dangerously low levels of protein could affect the levels of keratin, averting hair growth and triggering hair loss.
10. Skipping breakfast could worsen the hangover by bringing down the sugar levels, inviting headaches and nausea.
11. Skipping breakfast also results in the development of hypertension, leading to obstruction of arteries, as well as the development of increased risk of chronic cardiovascular conditions, including a stroke.
12. Skipping breakfast resulted in increased menstrual irregularities. The irregularities further included excessive bleeding and painful menses. Additionally, it also resulted in suffering from constipation.Skipping your breakfast in these conditions negatively affects the growth of the body.
13. Skipping breakfast can make you feel grumpy because you feel tired and lethargic.

 

Makes You Sweat – Turning up the heat on your plate often leaves you literally sweating. Capsaicin-containing spicy foods really do heat your body up, which is why you may find yourself getting a bit dewy as you down a meal at your favorite Indian place.

Worsens Your Heartburn – While spicy foods don’t actually cause heartburn or stomach ulcers, they can make both worse.  If you notice your reflux acting up, then cut back. If you’re prone to heartburn, temper the irritating effects with a side of yogurt or sour cream to take the edge off the spice.

Give You the Runs – One of the more inconvenient effects of spicy foods is the trouble it causes in your gut. Since spice acts as an irritant, it can get things moving as it hits your intestines. Capsaicin can act as a laxative for some people and cause a quick run to the bathroom.

Tones Down Your Taste Bud – Contrary to the flavor it adds in the short term, regularly eating spicy foods can dull your taste buds’ sensitivity over time. So beware of turning up the dial on spiciness just for the sake of pushing the envelope—if you plan on enjoying your favorite spicy dishes for years to come, less is more.

Irritates Your Skin – As anyone who’s ever accidentally touched their eye after popping a hot pepper into their mouth can tell you, those babies cause major burn. Since spice can be a serious skin irritant, apply some lip balm before eating to create a barrier for the delicate skin on your lips, and make sure to wash your hands immediately after handling the heat.

Turns You On – In addition to the rest of its health-boosting benefits, capsaicin has also been shown to act as an aphrodisiac for some. Things are about to get a whole lot spicier…

 

Fried Foods are high in Calories – Compared to other cooking methods, deep frying adds a lot of calories. For starters, fried foods are typically coated in batter or flour prior to frying. Furthermore, when foods are fried in oil, they lose water and absorb fat, which further increases their calorie content.

Generally speaking, fried foods are significantly higher in fat and calories than their non-fried counterparts. Fried foods contain more calories than their non-fried counterparts. Eating a lot of them can significantly increase your calorie intake.

Fried foods are typically high in trans fat – Trans Fat are formed when unsaturated fats undergo a process called hydrogenation. Hydrogenation  occurs when oils are heated to very high temperatures during cooking. Since fried foods are cooked in oil at extremely high temperatures, they are likely to contain trans fats.

In fact, trans fats are associated with an increased risk of many diseases, including heart disease, cancer, diabetes and obesity

Eating Fried Foods may Increase Your Risk of Disease – Several studies in adults have found in association between eating fried foods and the risk of chronic disease. Generally speaking, eating more fried foods is associated with a greater risk of developing type 2 diabetes, heart disease and obesity.

Fried Food May Contain Harmful Acrylamide – Acrylamide is a toxic substance that can form in foods during high-temperature cooking, such as frying, roasting or baking. It is formed by a chemical reaction between sugars and an amino acid called asparagine.

Starchy foods like fried potato products and baked goods typically have higher concentrations of acrylamide. Animal studies suggest that dietary intakes of acrylamide may increase the risk of several types of cancer, but more studies in humans are needed to say for sure.

Unhealthy Oils – Cooking oils that contain a high amount of polyunsaturated fats are far less stable and known to form acrylamide when exposed to high heat. These includes but are not limited to : Soyabean Oil, Corn Oil, Sesame Oil, Sunflower Oil, Rice Bran Oil.

These oils are processed, and up to 4% of their fatty acid content is trans fats prior to frying. Unfortunately, they are commonly used by restaurants, as they tend to be cheaper. Not only should you avoid these oils for deep frying, you should try to avoid them altogether.

The Bottom Line – Consuming foods fried in unstable or unhealthy oils can have several negative health effects. In fact, eating them regularly can put you at a higher risk of developing diseases like diabetes, heart disease and obesity.

Therefore, it’s probably best to avoid or severely limit your intake of commercially fried foods. Fortunately, there are several other cooking methods and healthier fats you can use instead.

 

• The vegetable oil used in fried foods are generally contaminated with pesticides. They are depleted of minerals and vitamins. Foods fried in this oil will simply attack your body’s ability to fight diseases, thereby weakening your immunity to diseases in the long run.
• Most fried foods contain MSG (toxic salts) to enhance “dead food” flavor Oil, which is what fried foods are cooked in, is full of fat.  Fat is high in calories.  Eating a lot of calories tends to lead to being overweight- which leads to issues like diabetes and heart diseases.
• A Spanish study found that people who ate the most calories in fried food had a positive correlation with obesity.
• The nutritional value of fried food is poor. Proteins that are fried turn into acrolein a known carcinogen
• Heating vegetable oil above 300 degrees Fahrenheit damages the oil,causing toxin formation in the foods.
• Fried foods clog arteries and lead to strokes.
• Studies have shown that eating fried foods can be a contributor to Alzheimer’s.
• Fried foods lead to inflammation in the body which create problems with joints.
• Modified, processed and fried foods don’t break down in body properly; remaining in kidneys, liver, intestines, prostate and colon for extended periods of time as toxins.
• Fried food breading soaks up nearly every drop of the oil, so eating fried chicken and pan pizza is like drinking oil straight from the vat. This increases your low-density or “bad” cholesterol.
• All fats and oils have what’s called a “smoke point” – a temperature at which the chemical structure deteriorates and forms toxic compounds. This is when oils turn rancid; and eating foods fried in rancid oil causes increased oxidative stress on your body, leading to things like glucose intolerance, protein malfunction, hypertension and high cholesterol.
• The vegetable oil in which the fried food is cooked is obtained from genetically modified vegetables.
• Fried foods are deep fried and are high in saturated fat- which will definitely increase the risk of heart diseases and can cause strokes. 
• Most of the fried fast food contains calories.  They are usually processed and have chemical additives. To increase the shelf life of the food, they are injected with chemical additives and are uncovered of nutrients. So, fried food does no good to us and doesn’t increase our life span.
• It is found that most of the fried meat in restaurants are polluted or infected with growth hormones. Growth hormones are very famous in this field and are frequently used to increase the growth tempo of livestock. The people who ate fried meat are more vulnerable to certain cancer and infertility. Many people have developed these diseases according to research.
• When oil is reused over and over again as it often is in fast food chains, the oil continues to breakdown every time it is heated. It’s not only the oil that undergoes a harmful change. Other nutrients can be altered by the heating process. An example of this is carbohydrates, which, when heated to very high temperatures, can actually release a certain type of carcinogen. This is another reason to keep in mind that fast food chains are not the place to find nutrition.
• Some fried foods are sterilized with radiation or artificial chemicals. They generally use cheap sterilization methods. Because these methods are cheap, they are often unsafe for consumer’s well being.

1. Tomato Juice : The pulpy, tangy flavor and the red or orange-red hue make tomato a treat for palate as well as eyes. Loaded with lycopene, tomatoes are overflowing with antioxidative properties. The antioxidants are good for detoxification and cleansing. In addition, they keep you young and radiant; the antioxidants thwart cancer, especially testicular cancer in men, by scavenging the free radicals. Drink it on its own or blend it with other veggies for an enriched drink! However, do not overindulge, as excessive tomato intake is known to produce renal stones. When people drank a glass of vegetable juice daily, they got double the veggie servings of people who just tried eating more vegetables.

2. Carrot Juice : The bright orange colored veggie makes its way to the top of healthy vegetable juices. Crammed with beta-carotene, this juice is an efficient way to reap vitamin A. Naturally sweet, you can blend this vegetable with spinach, broccoli, wheatgrass etc to mask their unpleasant taste. The rich presence of beta-carotene is not only great for skin and brain but also prevents cancer, protects the arteries, fights infections, and boosts the immune system. Certain studies have shown that carrots can help eliminate putrefactive colon bacteria and intestinal parasites. Blend with apples for a energy boosting, nutrient rich drink!

     3. Spinach Juice : This leafy green veggie is the storehouse of vitamin A, vitamin K, folate,  magnesium, manganese, calcium, iron, potassium, vitamin C, vitamin B2, and vitamin B6. Plus, it also meets your protein requirements while bestowing you with the goodness of vitamin E, dietary fibers, copper, zinc, selenium, and omega-3 fatty acids. No wonder, it is named the ‘king of green veggies’. All the above-mentioned nutrients play assorted essential roles to keep us healthy and glowing. There are countless benefits spinach has for your health, hair, and skin. But, there is a small restriction; the oxalic acid present in this leafy green could hamper with calcium absorption. So,  restrict your intake to a maximum of three times a week to thwart unnecessary complications. 

      4. Cabbage Juice : Cabbage juice is probably one of the best vegetable for juicing, especially if you have stomach problems. Having a glass of cabbage juice daily can greatly help with ulcers. It is a great detoxifier and a cancer fighter. This vegetable contains indoles that aid in maintaining  estrogen balance and metabolism regulation. Cabbage juice does not taste great alone; so just blend it with yummier ingredients like tomatoes, oranges, or carrots for a pleasant taste and added health benefits.

       5. Broccoli Juice : Broccoli, another vegetable from the cruciferous family, is well known for the presence of antioxidants and vitamin C in admirable levels. Consumption of raw broccoli few times a week can prevent lung, colon, and breast cancers. However, it is extremely difficult to consume it raw so broccoli juice is a great alternative to reap these benefits. You can combine it with tomato juice for a better taste. The chlorophyll in this vegetable is good for your insulin and blood sugar levels.

6. Sweet Potato Juice : Its exceptional richness in beta-carotene makes it an ideal juicing vegetable. Sweet potatoes are a great source of vitamins C and B6, manganese, potassium, copper, and iron. The anti-inflammatory properties of this tuber make it beneficial for people with arthritis and other inflammatory disorders. 

7. Celery Juice : Celery juice is a great choice to flush out the excess uric acid from your body. Therefore, people with gout issues can incorporate this leafy green juice in their diet. Its high potassium content can lower blood pressure. Celery juice also helps in getting rid of the bloating, triggered by water retention. Its powerful diuretic properties along with the ease of flushing out toxins makes celery a must include in all detoxifying regimens. Do not forget to juice your celery as it tops to reap the benefits of potassium concentrates present there. This will also help in balancing the sodium in the stalks. This juice delivers apigenin, a compound that promotes the death of cancerous cells, according to research.

8. Parsley Juice : The high content of chlorophyll makes this juice great for your blood. This is another great choices for healthy vegetable juices It boosts your energy levels and possesses anti-parasitic properties. It is particularly beneficial in treating kidney and gallstones. It cleanses your liver and supports your heart. It might also help with arthritis. The best part is that this juice can deodorize your body as well as ward off garlic and onion scents. Since it is tasteless, you can easily add it to other juices, probably green ones, to boost their nutrient content. This juice delivers apigenin, a compound that promotes the death of cancerous cells, according to research.

     9. Dandelion Juice ; Since these greens are rich sources of chlorophyll, dandelion greens are  effective liver, kidney, pancreas, and bowels cleansers. This juice is a mild diuretic and has proven to offer remedy from diabetes, anemia, and hypoglycemia. This juice can actually unclog the clogged pores in people with acne, as they are natural cleansers. Plus, you could garner the goodness of  calcium, potassium, iron, and manganese also.

     10. Beetroot Juice : This crimson juice is a powerhouse of nutrition. Beets are rich in minerals such as magnesium, calcium, potassium, sodium, and phosphorus. These veggies also contain iron, copper, zinc, selenium, and manganese in traces. Consuming a glass of beetroot juice daily helps in lowering blood pressure, improving blood flow to the brain, and thwarting age related memory disorders such as dementia. Packed with antioxidants, the juice helps in flushing out the free radicals and thus, prevents the onset of cancer and tumors. It detoxifies your liver and kidneys as well as eliminates bad cholesterol. The folic acid in this juice is beneficial during pregnancy as it provides protection against birth defects.

11. Bitter gourd Juice : Even though we know greens are good for us, bitter gourd juice is not something most people would like to consume. However, the antioxidants present in it completely detoxify your body, improve digestion, increase metabolism, promote weight loss, and prevent accumulation of excess fat cells in the body.

  12. Wheat grass Juice : Wheat grass juice is one of the best options available for detoxification. It helps in weight loss as it contains a large amount of potassium, which helps to burn calories effectively. The fiber content also helps in curbing hunger pangs.

  13. Aloe Vera Juice : Aloe vera juice might not taste the best, but it gives an instant kick to your metabolism. Consuming it regularly will not only contribute to weight loss but also make your hair and skin healthy.

14. Lemon Juice : If you intend to lose weight by consuming juices, make sure you have lemons in your refrigerator. Drinking lemon juice on an empty stomach in the morning helps your body to cleanse and detoxify, thus speeding up the weight loss process.

15. Cucumber Juice : This drink is amazing for your skin. All the ingredients are rich in various  micro nutrients that cleanse your system, help you lose weight, and strengthen your immune system.

 

Juice #1

If you’re looking to start adding green juice to your diet, this is a great place to start. Cucumbers and celery are both packed with water, making them excellent candidates for juicing. And green apple adds tons of sweetness and fruity flavor to the juice. This juice is super refreshing and hydrating—perfect for summer!

Green Goddess  – Cucumber, Apple, Celery

• 3 stalks of celery
• 1/2 large cucumber, cut into quarters
• 1 medium green apple, cut into eighths
• 1 medium pear, cut into eighths
• Drink immediately or Chill for an hour and then enjoy

Juice #2

Like the spicy kick of ginger? Well then this recipe is for you. The sweetness of carrots and apples are a great balance to the heat of ginger.

Ginger Zinger – Carrot, Lemon, Ginger

• 2 medium apples, cut into eighths
• 5 carrots (no need to peel)
• 1/2 inch fresh ginger
• 1/4 lemon (remove peel to avoid bitterness)

Juice #3

Get your nutrients from dark, leafy greens all while drinking juice that tastes like the tropics!

Tropi-Kale – Banana, Pineapple, Kale

• 1/4 of a fresh pineapple, skin and core removed, and cut into 1″ strips
• 4 kale leaves
• 1 ripe banana, peeled

Juice #4

The earthiness of beets is balanced out by sweet and fruity berries in this brightly purple juice. If regular purple beets are a bit too strong of a flavor for your tastes, try golden beets, which are sweeter and more mild in flavor.

AntiOxidant Blast – Beet, Strawberry, Blueberry

• 2 medium beets, cut into quarters and the greens
• 1 cup blueberries
• 1 cup halved, hulled strawberries

Juice #5

Enjoy a power boost to your immune system with the germ-fighting combo of lemon, orange, and ginger.

Immune Booster – Orange, Lemon, Ginger

• 2 oranges, quartered (remove peel for less bitterness)
• 1/4 lemon (remove peel for less bitterness)
• 1 medium apple, cut into eighths
• 1/2″ fresh ginger

Juice #6

This juice combines two different types of apples to create a fun and healthy twist on traditionally apple juice.

Not-so-Sour Apple – Tart apple, Kale

• 2 tart apples, cut into eights
• 5 kale leaves

Juice #7

Start your day off right with this fruity juice packed fruits and veggies!

Kale Kickstart – Kale, Orange, Banana, Strawberry

• 1 orange, quartered (remove the peel for less bitterness)
• 1 cup halved and hulled strawberries
• 2 kale leaves
• 3 carrots
• 1 ripe banana

Juice #8

Bright and fruity, this juice shows off how awesome melons are in fruit and vegetable juices. For a fun, refreshing twist, add in a leaf or two of fresh mint.

Cucumber Cooler – Cucumber, cantaloupe, Celery

• 1/4 ripe cantaloupe, seeds removed, cut into chunks (no need to peel)
• 2 stalks celery
• 1/2 cucumber, cut into slices
• 1/4 lemon (remove peel to reduce bitterness)

Juice #9

Edgy Veggie 

This nutritious drink will help boost your body’s immunity, support the digestive system, lower bad cholesterol, and also fight cancer

• 1 washed and unpeeled beetroot
• 1 celery stalk
• 1 medium sized carrot
• 5 broccoli florets
• 1 tablespoon lime juice
• A few mint leaves
• A pinch of salt

Directions

1. Roughly chop all the veggies and throw them in the blender.
2. Add the finely chopped mint leaves and a pinch of salt.
3. Finally, add the lime juice and stir well before drinking.

Juice #10

Twitter Bitter 

Needless to say, if you are diabetic, you should drink this elixir. Loaded with vitamins and minerals, this drink helps in healing wounds, burns, ulcers, and in preventing cancer, acne, liver disease, etc.

• 1 bitter gourd
• 1-inch aloe vera leaf
• 1-inch cucumber
• A pinch of salt
• A pinch of cayenne pepper

Directions

1. Wash the bitter gourd, cut it into two halves, and remove the seeds.
2. Slit open the aloe vera leaf and remove the gel.
3. Chop the bitter gourd and cucumber into small cubes.
4. Blend the bitter gourd, cucumber, and aloe vera.
5. Add a pinch of salt and cayenne pepper. Stir well and drink.

Tip: Do not add salt. Do not squeeze the bitter gourd after chopping it as you will lose 80% of the goodness of the bitter gourd. If it’s too bitter for you, try to drink it just once a week.

Juice #11

Celery Garlic Drop-A-Size Drink

Rich in dietary fiber, vitamins, minerals, this drink aids digestion and weight loss and protects you from cancer.

• 1 celery stalk
• 1 clove crushed garlic
• 1/2 green bell pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon crushed fennel seeds
• A pinch of salt
• A pinch of freshly ground black pepper

Directions

1. Chop the celery stalk and the bell pepper and throw them in the blender.
2. Add the crushed garlic and fennel seeds and give it a spin.
3. Finally, add a pinch each of salt and black pepper. Stir well and drink.

Juice #12

Tomato and Cucumber Juice

This juice is a popular fat burning formula that also increases fiber in your diet.

• 1 cup chopped cucumber
• 1/2 cup chopped tomato
• 1/4 lemon juice
• A pinch of salt

Directions

1. Toss the chopped cucumber and tomato into the blender and give it a spin.
2. Add lemon juice and a pinch of salt. Stir well.

Juice #13

Watercress and Carrot Juice

Watercress is rich in antioxidants and dietary fiber. Drinking it will fill you up and improve bowel movement. Drink this juice in the morning for best results.

• 1/2 cup watercress
• 2 cup chopped carrots
• A pinch of salt
• A pinch of freshly ground pepper

Directions

1. Toss the watercress and chopped carrots into the blender. Give it a spin.
2. Add a pinch of salt and freshly ground pepper. Stir well.

Juice #14

Celery and Beet juice –

Celery is another vegetable that is rich in dietary fiber, while beets offer many health benefits. This juice is rich in antioxidants and helps detoxify the body.

• 2 celery stalks
• 1/2 cup chopped beetroot
• Coriander leaves for garnishing
• A pinch of salt

Directions

1. Chop the celery stalks and throw into the blender.
   2. Toss the chopped beetroot into the blender and give it a spin.
   3. Pour the juice into a glass and add a pinch of salt.
   4. Stir well and garnish with coriander leaves.

Juice #15

Honeydew melon and Cucumber Crush

Honeydew melon and cucumber are a good source of minerals, vitamins, antioxidants, and other phytonutrients that will flush our the toxins and keep you hydrated.

• 1 cup honeydew melon
• 1/2 cup cucumber
• 1/4 cup ice water
• A handful of mint leaves
• A pinch of black salt

Directions

1. Toss the honeydew melon, cucumber, ice water, and mint leaves into a blender and give it a spin.
2. Pour the juice into a glass.
3. Add a pinch of black salt and stir well.

Juice #16

Leek and Broccoli

Leek is a low-calorie vegetable that has anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial properties. Broccoli has anti-cancer and anti-inflammatory properties and supports your digestive system

• 1/2 cup chopped leek
• 1 cup broccoli
• A pinch of black pepper
• A pinch of salt
• A dash of lime juice

Directions

1. Blend the leek and broccoli.
2. Strain the juice into a glass.
3. Add a pinch of salt and pepper.
4. Add the lime juice and stir well.

Juice #17

La Tomatina

Rich in beta-carotene, lycopene, lutein, vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and dietary fiber, this drink is a toast to good health. The ingredients will boost your immunity, protect you from diseases such as cancer, indigestion, obesity, and heart disease, and also make your skin glow.

• 2 chopped tomatoes
• Juice of 1/2 lemon
• 1 cup chopped watercress
• A handful of coriander leaves
• A pinch of salt
• A pinch of pepper

Directions

1. Toss the tomatoes, watercress, and coriander leaves into a blender and give it a spin.
2. Add a dash of lime juice and a pinch each of salt and pepper.
3. Stir well before drinking.

Juice #18

Deep in Purple

Rich in minerals, proteins, carbohydrates, vitamins, and minerals, this drink is a one-stop solution for many health problems such as obesity, cancer, heart disease, bacterial infection, indigestion, and low blood pressure. It also helps in reducing stress.

• 1 washed and peeled beetroot
• 1/2 cucumber
• 3-4 cranberries
• 1/2 tomato
• A handful of coriander leaves
• A pinch of salt
• A pinch of cayenne pepper

Directions

1. Cut the cucumber, beetroot, and tomato into small cubes and throw them in the blender.
2. Add the cranberries, a pinch of salt, and cayenne pepper. Spin it.
3. Add roughly chopped coriander leaves before drinking.

Veggie juice is the easiest, tastiest route to alkalize your system and maintain the necessary pH balance that translates to optimal health.

Blend these juices today, and start your journey from fat to fit.

Juicing all types of fruits and vegetables turns them into super foods that are easily and optimally absorbed by the body. We recommend always including some type of green in your juice. You’ll be surprised at the flavor, and the health benefits are tremendous.

Vegetable juices are very easy to digest since the juicing process removes the fiber and cellulose, making things much easier on your digestive system.  vegetables are naturally low in sugar. You can drink numerous glasses of vegetable juice per day – getting all the various nutritional benefits they bestow – and not worry about overdoing it on sugar.

Nutrient-Rich Juice

Juice extracted from raw veggies retains the plant’s beneficial vitamins, minerals and phytonutrients. In fact, 1 cup of carrot juice contains most of the same nutrients as you’ll get from eating 5 cups of chopped carrots, according to the Stanford Medicine Cancer Institute. Vegetable juices are naturally low in calories and fat, yet they’re important sources of nutrients such as potassium, folate and vitamins A and C. In addition to maintaining normal metabolism and energy, these nutrients help lower blood pressure and may reduce your risk of heart disease.

Lycopene

Vegetable juice serves as an excellent source of lycopene, a nutrient that helps give the juice its red hue. As an antioxidant, lycopene protects your tissues from oxidation — a process that would otherwise damage your lipids and proteins, as well as lead to genetic mutations. A diet rich in lycopene lowers your risk of some chronic diseases, including stroke and prostate cancer.

Sodium 

Despite its nutritional benefits, you should consume vegetable juice in moderation because it’s also high in sodium. A 1-cup serving of regular vegetable juice contains 479 milligrams of sodium, just shy of one-third of your daily limit, set by the Institute of Medicine. If you drink vegetable juice as part of a high-sodium diet, you increase your risk of heart attack, kidney damage and stroke. When you drink vegetable juice, look for lower-sodium options.

Vitamin A and C

Drinking vegetable juice also increases your vitamin intake and provides considerable amounts of vitamins A and C. Both vitamins promote healthy immune function and keep your skin healthy. Vitamin A also regulates gene activity, allows for healthy vision and promotes new cell growth, while vitamin C protects your tissues from oxidation and prevents cell damage.

Lack of Fiber

When you put vegetables through an extractor, the machine separates the juice from the pulp, allowing the juice to flow out through a strainer that removes the pulp, which means your juice doesn’t contain the vegetable’s natural fiber. Fiber is an essential part of your daily diet because it keeps your bowels regular, lowers cholesterol and stabilizes blood sugar. You can add ground flax or chia seeds to the juice for fiber. You could also recycle the extracted fiber, adding some back to the juice or using it in sauces, soups and meatloaf.

Safety Concerns

Fresh vegetables easily become contaminated with bacteria present in the soil or water. You can reduce the risk of contaminants making it into your homemade juice by choosing the freshest vegetables and refrigerating them as soon as you get home. Rinse vegetables under water, using a brush to remove dirt, and cut away the skin and bruised parts before juicing the vegetables. Homemade vegetable juice spoils quickly because it’s not pasteurized. If possible, juice only the amount you will consume right away or immediately store leftover juice in the refrigerator.

Juices Give Your Digestive System a Rest

The benefits derived from drinking natural juices depend, in part, on the type of equipment used to make the juice. Centrifugal-force juicers — the traditional kind sold in many stores — remove virtually all of the fiber from the raw foods. Fiber is an important nutrient for digestive health that many Americans already consume too little of. However, this type of juicing may have health benefits for people with impaired digestion. Drinking juices made with traditional juicers gives your GI system a timeout while still providing all the vitamins, minerals and phytonutrients of fresh produce, says Dr. Sears Wellness Institute.

Blended Juices Deliver Fiber

Fresh juice made using a high-speed blender retains most of the fiber of its raw-food ingredients. Because of the fiber content, blended juices provide a slow release of nutrients into your bloodstream and can help you feel full longer. This may assist with your weight-loss efforts, reducing the number of calories you eat overall. It can also help you manage your blood sugar levels, preventing spikes and crashes that can affect your mood and energy.

Juice Ups Produce Intake

Increasing your vegetable and fruit consumption can reduce your risk of high blood pressure, heart disease and cancer. Juicing helps you consume more vegetables and fruits in a convenient, drinkable form. This boosts your intake of micronutrients and phytonutrients, helping to strengthen your immune system and ward off chronic illness.

Considerations About Natural Juices

If you decide to add natural juices to your regimen, drink the fresh juices directly after they are made for the best health benefits. Natural juices are subject to both bacterial growth and rapid nutrient loss. In addition, fresh juices made primarily from fruit are high in sugar and calories and may defeat your health goals. Juicing too much of certain vegetables, like oxalate-rich leafy greens, can impair kidney health. Eat fresh raw and cooked produce in addition to juicing — your body absorbs some nutrients, like the beta carotene in carrots, better when the veggies are cooked and not raw.

 

These assorted vegetables offer varied benefits when consumed together. But one of the most effective ways to let your body absorb the optimum goodness of veggies is by extracting the juice and drinking it on a regular basis. Well,  it is time for you to learn the top health benefits of vegetable juices.

• Better nutrient absorption – Drinking vegetable juice ensures the body to absorb all the nutrients that it needs.  When you are eating the vegetables, the body takes time to separate the nutrients from the fiber and then absorb those nutrients to utilize it for various functions. Hence, drinking fresh vegetable juice will ensure that your body gets an easy access to all those nutrients.
• Hydrate the body – The body remains hydrated because you have your dose of vegetables in the liquid form. Hence, be it a cup or cups of vegetable juice that you drink obviously features in the measure of water you must drink daily!
• Improves Heart health – There is a notable amount of potassium in many different juices, which can help to lower your blood pressure and relieve strain on the cardiovascular system. Furthermore, there are high quantities of iron and vitamin C, which can stimulate proper circulation and improve the amount of collagen in the body, respectively, helping to lower your risk of damaged blood vessels or arteries.
• Improves brain function – This can help to improve memory,concentration and basic function, as well as slow down or even stop neurodegenerative diseases.
• Increases nutrient intake – Some of the minerals and antioxidants in vegetable juice can cleanse the colon and re-balance the bacteria in your gut. Other nutrients are able to increase the bio-availability of certain minerals and vitamins, which can then be absorbed by the body, making your mealtimes more efficient!
• Skin Care – Drinking vegetable juice regularly can improve the appearance of wrinkles, blemishes, scars and age spots, while also providing relief from a number of inflammatory conditions or infections, such as psoriasis,eczema, and rosacea.
• Lowers risk if chronic diseases – Regular consumption of vegetable juice can lower your risk of many other chronic diseases as well, including diabetes, cardiovascular disease and even some autoimmune diseases.
• Natural goodness – You can treat your body with natural vitamins? The vegetables you juice are brimming not only with vitamins, but also with minerals and most importantly, chlorophyll! A real health drink, isn’t it!
• Raw vegetable juice is therapeutic – The body absorbs a nutrient-dense beverage instantly with very little effort. Vegetable juice also has a soothing and healing effect on the digestive system. A healthy digestive tract is crucial when it comes to the absorption of vital nutrients present in the vegetables.
• The high levels of fiber in vegetable and fruit juices allow effective and efficient weight loss – Fiber controls your appetite and keeps you full for longer, thus preventing binge eating.
• Vegetable and fruit juices supercharge the immune system with their concentration of phytochemicals, vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants. These nutrients protect the body from diseases and the effects of pollution.
• Vegetable and fruit juices also increase the energy levels in the body. They balance the pH levels in the body and keep it energized.
• Vegetable juice contains no saturated fats or sodium, making it very beneficial for controlling cholesterol. People who drink vegetable juice thrice a day are less likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease.
• Additionally, people who drink fruit or vegetable juices are less likely to eat processed and junk food.
• Beauty benefits of drinking vegetable juice – Juicing vegetables can be effective for your beauty needs as well. Here are the beauty benefits of drinking vegetable juice:
• 1. Promotes hair growth.
• 2. Combats hair loss
• 3. Keeps acne and pimples at bay
• 4. Skin starts glowing
• 5. Treats and prevents wrinkles

Juicing allows you to try every kind of vegetable you might have previously shied away from. Even if you’re wary about trying out new tastes, you can easily integrate just a few, new exotic veggies with your tried-and-tested favorites to easily create new recipes you just might fall in love with.

To summarize, fruit and vegetable juices are a proven solution for weight loss. You can see visible results in just a week without hitting the gym. The flip side of it is that only juices will not support your body.

You’ve all heard of the positive attributes of juicing, but what about the negatives?…

Effect #1 – Overall Weight Gain : Like most diets or fads it will be hard to keep any weight lost off after the diet when you make the transition of from drastically lowering your calories to consuming additional calories again.

When you start to consume more you will put weight back on and possibly more – living on such low calories is not sustainable. Even if you were to follow the plan for a long time this could result in metabolic damage as your body will become used to surviving on little calories and weight loss will stall.

Effect #2 – Weakened Immune System : Most juices contain no source of protein and very little fat, yet we need protein to sustain and create new muscle tissue and help keep our immune systems healthy. The body will eventually start to break down muscle tissue if we starve it of protein for too long.

A lack of fat in your diet could also result in poor condition of your skin and hair. If you do juice, try adding a handful of nuts and half – to a full avocado to your juices as a source of plant protein and healthy fats.

Effect #3 – Poor Digestive System : Juicing fruits and vegetables often removes the fiber, a big claim of many juice diets is that by doing this it helps the body because it gives the digestive system a break, this is false as fiber is extremely important in keeping our digestive systems healthy and working correctly.

If you don’t consume enough fiber you may experience stomach upset, bloating, gas and constipation. The fiber that is removed through juicing also helps you to feel satisfied after eating.

Effect #4 – Headache, Dizziness, Moods : Juice cleanses or diets often result in weight loss but this is because it drastically lowers your daily calories, with most diets being under 1000 calories. This could lead to dizziness, feeling nauseous, headaches, fatigue, moodiness and changes in bowel function.

Effect #5 – Affect Blood Sugar levels : Because of the lack of fiber in some juice’s, the body absorbs more fructose sugar readily – this can affect your blood sugar levels, something which diabetics should be wary of.  Symptoms of this include an increased thirst, tiredness and a dry mouth.

Juicing should not be a substitute for eating real food, eating frequently can stable your blood sugar levels. If you are anaemic it is especially important that you get enough iron in your diet, juices often lack this vitamin so you could worsen your condition, making you feel more lethargic and pale in color.

Effect #6 – Affect Your Long Term Eating Patterns : Living off juice alone can leave you with nutritional gaps, you are unable to get all of your vitamins and minerals from juice alone and lacking in essential nutrients can make you more vulnerable to infections and sickness.

Juice is also not as satisfying as a whole meal, you’re more likely to want to snack and this could lead to binge eating. These kind of diets can reinforce the notion that food is the enemy, we need to promote a healthy lifestyle that involves fruits and vegetables along with whole foods.

Effect #7 – Lack of Fiber : When you juice vegetables, you’ll mostly throw away the fiber from these drinks. This can cause constipation because of the lack of fiber in your diet. It might be best to try smoothies instead of juicing if lack of fiber in your diet is a concern.

Effect #8 – Less Calories Intake : The natural sugars in fruits will cause a sudden energy boost once they are consumed, but you will soon after experience a major crash in energy levels that may leave you wondering whether the juicing process is a positive one.​

While your body is being fed less and less calories, it will begin to draw from the proteins that are stored in your muscles.​ This causes a serious drop in muscle mass, which leads to physical weakness and fatigue.​

Effect #9 – Say NO to Only Juice : People who are also on restrictive-diets should NEVER go on a juicing diet without supervision from their health providers. A person who is on a low-potassium diet can suddenly have an increased potassium intake from consuming certain vegetables like the cruciferous vegetables which are rich in protein. ​

This warning is also for those who have thyroid hormone problems. Certain vegetables have to be avoided for people with hypothyroidism as it can affect the hormonal imbalance on their bodies.​

Effect #10 – Vary the vegetables : You will miss out on essential fatty acids, minerals and vitamins if you are on a long juice cleanse. Plus too many green juices using vegetables like kale can have an adverse affect on our body.

Effect #11 – Side effects of Carrot juice : Carrot juice should be avoided by people having Diabetes. It has a mild laxative effect, so it should not be consumed if you have diarrhea.

Effect #12 – Clean Your Juicer : It is wise to thoroughly clean your juicer every time you use it. The vegetable residue left behind after producing a glass of juice is even more vulnerable to bacteria than whole organic veggies. This is because the juice is prone to decomposition in it’s ravaged state.

Clean your juicer every single day without compromise. If you use it more than once, then clean it after every use. Do not allow the juicer to remain filthy for any length of time.

 

Most of the negative hype surrounding juicing is purely false, while some juicing myths do contain some science, they often distort the important facts to make juicing sound evil and life ending.

Myth #1 – A juice cleanse helps in weight loss :  Weight loss occurs if you consume fewer calories than you burn. Hence, if you consume 1200-1400 calories of juice each day as part of a juice cleanse, and your recommended calorie intake is 1700 calories, you are likely to lose weight because of the calorie deficit. But a juice cleanse is akin to a crash diet and any weight loss it causes will be in the short term only. Once you resume your normal diet, you will probably put on any kilos you have lost.

Additionally, a juice diet will be nutritionally unbalanced, since you will not be getting the recommended quantities of fiber, protein and other nutrients. This is likely to cause a loss of muscle mass and food cravings, as well as other health problems such as high blood sugar. Hence, it’s best to consume the recommended one serving of juice as part of a balanced diet, and cut down your overall calorie intake to lose weight healthily.

Myth #2 – A juice cleanse can help detox your body : There isn’t any scientific evidence to support this claim. Your body organs such as the liver and kidneys are responsible for detoxifying and cleansing your body. These organs help remove toxins from the body in a natural process. During a juice cleanse, a person is likely to burn their glycogen stores for energy, which can cause the body to lose water. A cleanse can also lead to side effects such as a lack of energy, headaches, irritability, low blood sugar and constipation.

Myth #3 – It is easier for the body to absorb nutrients from fresh fruit and vegetable juice than from fiber-rich whole fruits and vegetables : There isn’t any scientific evidence to support this claim. Your digestive system is designed to extract nutrients from different foods, even those which are rich in fiber. In fact, fiber has an important function in the digestive and excretory systems, and is essential for digestive and gut health.

Myth #4 – Avoid spinach and kale in fresh juice since they can interfere with blood-thinning medication : Excess consumption of spinach and kale may affect anti-blood clotting medication. In moderate quantities, however, these vegetables are safe to consume for patients on blood-clotting medication.

Myth #5 – A juice contains no fiber : Describing juice as free of fiber is not the case. There are two types of fiber, Soluble and Insoluble. Juicing contains soluble. Juicing extracts most of the insoluble fiber out of the produce while soluble fiber remains. Soluble fiber absorbs water like a sponge and provides bulking matter that acts as a prebiotic to support good bacterial growth and digestive health.

Myth #6 – There is no proven health benefits of juicing : This is a classic criticism that we’ve been debunking for years!  Anyone concerned with their intake of protein while on just juice can add healthy ingredients like plant-based protein powder, chia or hemp seeds.  For most healthy adults, even drinking just juice for a few days won’t create a protein deficiency.

Myth #7 – Juicing is just a trendy fad diet : While in some cases this may seem true with over-inflated health claims, research focused on juice is ongoing and finding positive results.  For example, carrot juice was found to help reduce white blood cell DNA damage in smokers. Juicing is something many of us will be doing for the rest of our lives, and the generations that follow us will do the same until a better way to get highly bio-available nutrition surfaces.

Myth #8 – When you juice, you lose too many nutrients in the pulp that’s extracted : Yes, you will lose some nutrients in the pulp like fiber and magnesium to name a few, but you’ll reap countless benefits from the nutrients that remain in the juice.

Myth #9 – There’s a high risk of juices containing bacteria : You can get bacterial only in the manufactured form of juice and not in the juice made at home. First off, by making juice at home you are in control of the cleanliness of your machine.  Equipment in facilities that mass produce food or juice is often the culprit in contamination.  Secondly, peeling and even juicing has been shown to help remove pesticide residue.   So for extra care, always wash your hands and produce well, then peel items like citrus, beets, melon before juicing.

Myth #10 – Juicing causes you to loose your hair : This one can be partly true for some people.  Taking on juicing alone can be risky for some, particularly those with pre-existing health conditions.  This is why speaking with your doctor first is important.  For some, especially women with a thyroid or other condition, restricting the diet to just juice for “too long” may lead to less hair.  The definition of “too long” varies and getting an expert opinion is key.

Myth #11 – Juicing provides more vitamins : Fruit and vegetables contain loads of vitamin C and some B-vitamins which are easily destroyed by slicing, cooking and juicing.  Also, the nutrient-rich skin of the fruit or vegetable is often peeled before juicing and the fiber-rich pulp is left behind.

Myth #12 – Juices contain lot of sugar : Some juices contain fruit sugar. Many experts on juicing advice a ratio of 80% vegetable to 20% fruit, which allows you to add a bit of sweetness along with all the sugar free benefits found in vegetables.

Myth #13 – Juicing has no health benefits : Research studies have shown that drinking vegetable juices will provide you with many health benefits. For instance, beet juice helps manage hypertension.

Myth #14 – It’s better to eat fruits and vegetables than juicing them : This is only true if you are looking for a source of insoluble fiber. Otherwise you still get all the other nutrients even when you juice them. In fact, some vegetables are actually healthier for you in a juice when compared to roasting or cooking them.

Myth #15 – Organic is more nutritious : You can get bacterial only in the manufactured form of juice and not in the juice made at home.

In short, there are nothing but benefits that come from juicing with the right kinds of foods – as long as you remember to juice lots of leafy greens and avoid sugary/starchy varieties of either.

 

Based on a 28.35 gms ( 1 OZ )	ALMOND	BRAZIL	CASHEW	HAZELNUT	MACADAMIA	PECAN	PISTACHIO	WALNUT
Protein (g)	6	4.1	5.2	4.2	2.2	2.6	5.8	4.3
Total Fat (g)	14	18.8	12.4	17.2	21.5	20.4	12.9	18.5
Saturated Fat (g)	1.1	4.3	2.2	1.3	3.4	1.8	1.6	1.7
Polyunsaturated Fat (g)	3.4	5.8	2.2	2.2	0.4	6.1	3.9	13.4
Monounsaturated Fat (g)	8.8	7	6.7	12.9	16.7	11.6	6.8	2.5
Carbohydrates (g)	6.1	3.5	8.6	4.7	3.9	3.9	7.8	3.9
Dietary Fiber (g)	3.5	2.1	0.9	2.7	2.4	2.7	2.9	1.9
Potassium (mg)	200	187	187	193	104	116	291	125
Magnesium (mg)	76	107	83	46	37	34	34	45
Zinc (mg)	0.9	1.2	1.6	0.7	0.4	1.3	0.6	0.9
Copper (mg)	0.3	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.5
Vitamin B6 (mg)	0	0	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.5	0.2
Folate (mg)	14	6	7	32	3	6	14	28
Riboflavin (mg)	0.3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Niacin (mg)	1	0.1	0.3	0.5	0.7	0.3	0.4	0.3
alpha-tocopherol (mg)	7.4	1.6	0.3	4.3	0.2	0.4	0.7	0.2
Calcium (mg)	75	45	10	32	24	20	30	28
Iron (mg)	1.1	0.7	1.9	1.3	1.1	0.7	1.1	0.8
Calories	163	186	157	178	204	196	159	185

Each nut variety contains its own unique combination of nutrients and is generally rich in a few nutrients such as:

Almonds: They’re high in Protein, Calcium, vitamin E, magnesium, and they help with heart health and skin healing. They also contain mono- and polyunsaturated fats, which help reduce “bad” cholesterol in our bodies. The lowest-calorie nuts at 160 per ounce are almonds – 23 nuts; 6 grams protein, 14 grams fat. Relatively low in calories, almonds have more calcium than any other nut, making them a great food for overall health. If possible, eat almonds with their skins on.

Plus, they are rich in fiber and vitamin E, an antioxidant that helps fight dangerous inflammation and possibly health conditions such as lung cancer and age-related cognitive decline. people who ate almonds instead of other complex carbs lost weight and reduced their waist sizes. Almonds can also reduce insulin secretion, which can protect against cardiovascular disease and diabetes.

Brazil nuts: Creamy Brazil nuts are packed with selenium, a mineral that may protect against prostate cancer and other diseases. Brazils are a good source of the mineral selenium, which we need to produce the active thyroid hormone. Selenium also supports immunity and helps wounds to heal. Just one nut contains more than a day’s worth, so eat these sparingly: Recent research has hinted that too much selenium may be linked to type 2 diabetes risk. One ounce of Brazil nuts (6 nuts) contains about 190 calories, 19 grams fat, and 4 grams protein.

Chestnuts : By far the nut with the lowest fat and calories, chestnuts are rich in starchy carbs and fiber, and in their raw form are a good source of vitamin C. They’re lower in protein than other nuts but make a useful contribution of B vitamins including B6. In addition, they are a good source of vitamin C as well as vitamins B1, B2, and B6 and folic acid. The health benefits of chestnuts center on their nutritional content. However, unlike other nuts, chestnuts are a low-fat variety and do not provide the benefits of a high level of monounsaturated fat.

Cashew  : Improves vitality and keeps heart healthy. It is good for Blood, Eye, Weight loss because it contains Vitamins, iron, non haem ( plant based ), Minerals and Anti-Oxidants and low Gl rating. Cashews – 16 to 18 nuts; 5 grams protein, 13 grams fat. They’re rich in the mineral magnesium, which is thought to improve recall and delay, age-related memory loss.

Hazelnuts: If you’re concerned about high levels of homocysteine, an amino acid which has been associated with heart problems as well as conditions like Parkinsons. Hazelnuts are a good source of folate, which plays a key role in keeping homocysteine within normal levels. Hazelnuts boost good HDL cholesterol and lower levels of LDL cholesterol. They also have high levels of vitamin E, which is good for your skin and eyes.

Macadamias: These are usually seen roasted, smothered in salt or covered in chocolate. In this case, they’re a rare source of omega-7 fatty acids, and highest in monounsaturated fats which boosts their ability to lower LDL cholesterol., Thaimin and Manganese which help with heart health and insulin sensitivity. But keep in mind, these nuts have about 202 calories per ounce, which is on the higher end. macadamia nuts -10 to 12 nuts; 2 grams protein, 21 grams fat have the most calories — along with the lowest amounts of protein and the highest amounts of fats.

Peanuts : Technically legumes but generally referred to as nuts, peanuts are high in folate—a mineral essential for brain development that may protect against cognitive decline. Like most other nuts, peanuts are also full of brain-boosting healthy fats and vitamin E, as well.

Peanuts rapidly lose both flavor and antioxidant power with storage time, so it’s best to eat them soon after buying them. Relatively rich in mono and polyunsaturated fats, protein, fiber, several B-vitamins and antioxidants, One ounce of peanuts (about 28 unshelled nuts) contains about 170 calories, 7 grams protein, and 14 grams fat.

Pecans : Pecans are also good for men’s health: They’re loaded with beta-sitosterol, a plant steroid that may help relieve symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), or enlarged prostate. As a good source of vitamin B3 pecans are the perfect option if you’re fighting fatigue because this vitamin helps us access the energy in our food.

Pecans are also a fine source of protein, good fats, and zinc. One ounce of pecans (18 to 20 halves) contains about 200 calories, 21 grams fat, and 3 grams protein.

Pine Nuts : Pine tress are used for health all around the world providing food, shelter, medicine and fuel. Pine nuts are also a good source of vitamin C, magnesium, and zinc.

Pine resin is a natural antiseptic and disinfectant. It also has antimicrobial and antifungal properties. It can be directly applied to wounds or sores and helps keep germs out. Pine resin can also be used to staunch the flow of blood.

Pistachios : Being especially rich in vitamin B6, which is important for keeping hormones balanced and healthy, pistachios are a good option for those with problem periods. They’re the only nut to contain reasonable levels of lutein and zeaxanthin, two antioxidants that play an important role in protecting the eyes. Pistachios also contain potassium and fiber. It will increase Hemoglobin level and boost immunity. Prevents aging and skin becomes beautiful. pistachios – 49 nuts; 6 grams protein, 13 grams fat.

Pistachios are also a great source of gamma-tocopherol, a particular form of vitamin E, and may therefore help prevent certain types of cancer, Parkinson’s disease, and Alzheimer’s. Pistachios also contain high levels of antioxidants, which help keep cells safe from dangerous free radicals.

Walnuts: These nuts are packed with antioxidants, phytosterols, proteins, Fatty Acids and other compounds that help keep breast cancer away. They’re also full of healthy omega-3s, alpha linoleic acid, antioxidant,  which can help with brain health and blood pressure. walnuts were as effective as olive oil at reducing inflammation and oxidation in the arteries after eating a fatty meal.

Walnuts also contain melatonin, a powerful hormone that helps regulate sleep cycles. Melatonin may also play a role in preventing cancer, quieting sundown syndrome in people with Alzheimer’s, and treating other conditions, like migraines and irritable bowel syndrome. 

Incredible benefits and properties of nuts :-

1. They are anti-inflammatory : Thanks to the zinc and omega-3 fatty acids found in nuts, they are naturally anti-inflammatory, in addition to also boosting your body’s defenses. Nuts all have similar properties, which makes them a great choice for relieving the symptoms of inflammation.
2. They prevent Cardiovascular disease : For those who have suffered from a heart attack or who are at risk for cardiovascular disease, eating nuts can be beneficial. Amino acid in nuts can prevent a heart attack and clogging of arteries. Eating nuts is a natural way to care for your heart health.
3. Promote improved circulation: Nuts are useful for improving your circulation. This is thanks to the concentration of vitamin B3 they contain. This vitamin boosts the flow of blood through your body . As a result you are less likely to suffer from heart disease.
4. They reduce body fat : Nuts helps you eliminate stubborn fat around your midsection. Eating nuts reduces your appetite so crave fewer carbs. In addition, fiber in nuts stimulates your digestive system and helps you avoid constipation.
5. Improves your nervous System : The vitamins and omega-3 and 6 fatty acids found in nuts stimulate your nervous system function and improve the health of your neurons and overall brain activity. Nuts also help improve ypur memory and increase your learning capacity, which is essential for children and teenagers
6. They boost your immune system : The vitamin E and antioxidants found in nuts stimulate the production of antibodies, which are responsible for eliminating bacteria, parasites and viruses that can cause disease.
7. They treat liver problems : It’s important to learn which foods can cleanse and protect this organ to keep it from being damaged. Nuts will protect and cleanse it thanks to their antioxidants and essential fatty acids.
8. They prevent osteoporosis : Osteoporosis is a condition that decreases bone mass, causing your bones to become thin, weak, and fragile. You have a greater chance of developingosteoporosis if you are deficient in copper.  Copper increases the density of minerals in your bones. When you don’t get enough copper in your diet your bones could lose some of their strength.  One of the minerals found in nuts happens to be copper, which makes eating nuts essential for the care of your bones.
9. They improve your Mood : Stress, fatigue, and disappointment can sometimes be related to a lack of certain nutrients. During stressful times eating nuts can be very effective. The natural sugar, vitamins, and antioxidants found in nuts can improve your mood, so eating a serving a day is great for reducing stress.
10. They are great for your skin : You need vitamin E to maintain healthy, soft, and young-looking skin, and you can find it in nuts. Masks and oils made from nuts will provide your skin with complete care. You’ll avoid the signs of premature aging and your skin will appear healthier and smoother.

You gain weight quickly :  There’s a ton of research showing that nuts can help you lose weight. But there’s a big caveat to all the studies on nuts and weight loss: The results apply if and only if you eat a moderate amount. Eat more than the recommended daily handful, and you’ll quickly accomplish the exact opposite effect by gaining weight—and much more rapidly than you might by overeating other foods. That’s because nuts are extra calorie-dense, meaning they have more energy per ounce than most other foods. For example, one ounce of almonds has 163 calories, while the same weight in cooked pasta has a mere 37 calories.

You have digestive issues : If you ever felt gassy or bloated after eating nuts, you’re not alone. It’s a common side effect, thanks to compounds in nuts called phytates and tannins, which make them difficult to digest. Eating too much fat—found abundantly in nuts—at one time can lead to diarrhea.

Your hair falls out, your nails get brittle, your breath stinks, and your muscles and joints might begin to ache : These are all symptoms of selenium poisoning, which is a rare but serious condition that you can get from eating too many Brazil nuts (all other nuts are safe). One serving of these nuts, or 8 whole pieces, has 10 times the recommended daily amount of selenium (55 micrograms). They’re so rich in this nutrient,  that researchers recommend eating not more than 4 a day—and even then, not every day.

More Problems : More than a handfuls can ruin your appetite altogether. And although nuts are a healthy choice by themselves, they’ll quickly become detrimental to any diet when paired with sugary or salty toppings or mixes.

Risks of eating too many : If you eat too much it can trigger the development of kidney stones, due to high amount of oxalic acid. You also don’t want to consume too many calories. So as with any other type of food, you should always consume nuts in moderation.

Avoid Packaged Nuts : Avoid nuts packaged or roasted in oil; instead, eat them raw or dry roasted, Roasted nuts may have been heated in hydrogenated or omega-6 unhealthy fats, or to high temperatures that can destroy their nutrients.

Best Nut for salt craving : If you don’t have high blood pressure or haven’t been warned away from salt by your doctor for any reasons, a handful or two of salted nuts a day won’t hurt you. Nuts are, of course, available unsalted. But to satisfy a salty craving without going overboard, look for in-between varieties like Planters Lightly Salted peanuts, almonds, and cashews (45-55 mg sodium), or Wonderful Pistachios Lightly Salted (80 mg). Check ingredient labels, too. 

Here’s how pulses pack such a nutritional punch that they’re considered both a protein and a vegetable:

Protein-packed: ­They contain up to 9 grams of protein per ½ cup cooked serving—twice the protein of quinoa. And unlike many protein-rich foods, pulses are low in fat.

Beneficial for disease prevention: Pulses have been shown to improve blood sugar control and reduce blood cholesterol and blood pressure, thus reducing the risk factors for heart disease and diabetes.

Good for dietary restrictions: Being gluten-free and vegetarian makes them a good option for people with special diets, allergies or sensitivities.

Nutrients galore: Pulses deliver high levels of potassium, magnesium, zinc, B vitamins and iron. One serving of black beans has 1.5 times the amount of iron as ‑flank steak, plus three times the folate (an essential B vitamin) of kale, and as much potassium as a banana. Even more, red kidney beans are loaded with more antioxidants than blueberries or pomegranate juice.

High in fiber: Pulses are high in both soluble and insoluble fiber, helping with staying regular, losing weight, and feeling fuller longer

Smart source of folate: Pulses are excellent sources of folate, a B vitamin important during pregnancy to reduce the risk for neural tube birth defects. Folate is also essential to brain development and function.

Beans can fight cancer : Beans contain a wide range of cancer-fighting plant chemicals, specifically, isoflavones and phytosterols which are associated with reduced cancer risk.

Beans can lower Cholesterol : Beans provide the body with soluble fiber, which plays an important role in controlling blood cholesterol levels. Studies find that about 10 grams of soluble fiber a day—the amount in 1/2 to 1 1/2 cups of navy beans—reduces LDL cholesterol by about 10 percent. Beans also contain saponins and phytosterols, which help lower cholesterol.

Beans can help you loose weight : A serving of beans will help you feel full more quickly, because the rich fiber content fills your stomach and causes a slower rise in blood sugar. That should stave off hunger longer and give you a steady supply of energy.

Beans can help manage Diabetes : Beans are a diabetes sufferer’s superfood! The balance of complex carbohydrates and protein provides a slow, steady source of glucose instead of the sudden surge that can occur after eating simple carbohydrates.

Pulses are good for Heart : It is effective in maintaining a healthy heart. Make sure to include more pulses in your diet which is good in lowering the chances of cardiovascular diseases. Pulses which are enriched in fiber help in maintaining a healthy heart as it good in lowering the cholesterol levels.

Crub the Cravings of Junk : Try to include chickpeas in your daily diet in order to get rid of cravings for junk. Chickpeas will help you filled when you add in your meal and moreover helps in curb the cravings for junk stuff during evening. This is one of the reasons to include pulses in your meal as it good in weight loss.

Boost fat burn : A pea-based diet is enriched in arginine basically an amino acid which is present in the peas. It enhances the carbohydrates and it also burns fat. So it is good to include peas in your meal for weight loss.

Pulses are anti ageing : Due to the presence of high antioxidant levels, beans and pulses are enriched with B vitamin folate, which is effective for your body in repairing the damaged cells.  For an anti-ageing lunchtime treat, try to mixed bean salad or stir fry incorporating pinto beans, black beans and aduki beans.

 

Pulses – Proteins /100g
Indian / Hindi name	English name
Arhar / Rahar / Tur / Tuar ( 22.30g )	Pigeon pea / Red gram
Chana   ( 13.00g )	Chickpeas (Brown)
Cholia / Hara chana ( 13.00g )	Chickpeas (Green)
Chana Daal ( 25.40g )	Split Bengal gram
Chawli / Lobhia ( 23.80g )	Black-eyed beans / Cowpea
Daal ( 25.40g )	Pulses / Split beans / Beans
Dalia ( 21.20g )	Broken wheat
Kabuli Chana / Chhole ( 13.00g )	Garbanzo beans / Chickpeas (White)
Kulthi	Horse gram
Kurmura	Puffed rice
Masoor ( 26.00g )	Red lentils
Matar (  5.42g )	Pea
Moong ( 23.86g )	Green gram / Mung bean
Motth / Matki ( 23.60g )	Turkish gram / Moth bean
Poha ( 10.30g )	Beaten rice
Rajma ( 23.60g )	Kidney beans
Til ( 26.00g )	Sesame
Urad Daal / Kaali Daal ( 24.00g )	Black gram / Black lentil (whole) /  White lentil
Vaal ( 24.90g )	Field beans

All the pulses mentioned above are available either fresh or canned. Some might need to be soaked overnight and then boiled. Beans contain indigestible carbohydrates, soaking and rinsing dry beans before cooking is necessary to help digest the carbohydrates. An easier alternative would be to buy the canned version, It is recommended that reading the food labels, and picking the healthier ones with no added salt and sugar.

The major side effect of increasing pulses in your diet could be an increase in gas production in the lower colon. Researcher says this is usually temporary and advises to gradually increase your intake of pulses up to one cup a day to prevent or reduce these symptoms. Some individuals with irritable bowel syndrome may experience increased discomfort with the added gas and bloating. However, people who are required to watch their protein intake, especially those with renal disease, lupus and gout, should consult a dietitian before increasing their pulse intake.

For legumes, the highest proportion of protein content is:

• Soybean: 33–45%
• Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris): 21–39%
• Winged bean (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus): 30–37%
• Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata): 21–35%
• Groundnut: 24–34%
• Mung bean (Vigna radiata)
• Pea (Pisum sativum): 21–33%
• Moth bean (Vigna aconitifolia)
• Urd bean (Vigna mungo): 21–31%
• Lentil (Lens culinaris): 20–31%
• Grass pea (Lathyrus sativus): 23–30%
• Chickpea (Cicer arietinum): 15–30%
• Horse gram (Macrotyloma uniflorum)
• Pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan): 19–29%
• Rice bean (Vigna umbellata): 18–27%

Advantages of consuming Legumes ( Bean, Pea, Lentil or Peanut ) –

Legumes – for example, soybeans, lentils, dried beans and peas – and meat both supply nutrients essential to your well-being. However, they also lack specific nutrients that support your health or can diminish health by introducing detrimental food components into your body. Understanding the advantages and disadvantages of these foods can assist you in making healthy choices for day-to-day meal planning.

Protein

The protein in legumes and meat provides amino acids your body needs to build and maintain muscle, keep your immune system healthy and promote the synthesis of hormones and enzymes. Although your cells can manufacture some amino acids, other amino acids – known as essential amino acids – must come from the foods you eat. The proteins in meat are nutritionally complete and contain all the essential amino acids you need for good health. Legumes, conversely, usually lack one or more of the essential amino acids, and relying on legumes alone to meet your protein needs might result in a nutritional deficiency. Combining lentils with other plant-based foods such as grains and nuts, which supply complementary amino acids, overcomes this disadvantage of legumes.

Fat

Although dietary fat is necessary for optimal health, eating too much or the wrong kinds of fat can lead to poor nutritional status and increase your risk of disease. Meat commonly contains unhealthy saturated fats and cholesterol that can add unnecessary calories to your diet and lead to cardiovascular disorders. By contrast, legumes add little fat to your diet, and the cholesterol-free lipids they do contain supply you with heart-healthy unsaturated fats that lower your risk of developing heart disease, diabetes and cancer.

Iron

You can obtain iron from both plant foods and meat. The iron in animal-based foods exists in a form called heme iron. This type of iron enters your bloodstream from the digestive tract more readily than the non-heme iron found in legumes. Therefore, your body absorbs iron from meat more efficiently than it does that from legumes, helping you to avoid iron deficiency, which can cause fatigue and reduce mental function. Alternatively, consuming legumes with a source of vitamin C or in combination with a food rich in heme iron increases your absorption of the non-heme form of this mineral.

Fiber

Unlike meat, legumes offer dietary fiber, which not only helps prevent digestive issues such as constipation but also assists in regulating blood cholesterol. Beans, for instance, contain both insoluble fiber, which helps move food through your digestive tract, and soluble fiber, which slows the absorption of cholesterol into your bloodstream. Meat offers neither of these advantages to your digestive or cardiovascular systems. For optimal health, your daily diet should include 14 grams of fiber for each 1,000 calories you consume, according to Colorado State University Extension. Therefore, if you typically take in 2,000 calories each day, your food should supply you with 28 grams of fiber, or the amount in approximately 2 cups of lentils. Meat supplies none of this necessary dietary component.

Why are pulses underestimated ? Some common reasons people give are :-

1. Cooking time : The length of time it takes to cook pulses is a lot longer compared to vegetables.
2. ‘Poor Man’s Food’ :  They have the stigma of being poor man’s food – replaced by meat once people can afford it.
3. Flatulence ; Some carbohydrates found in pulses produce gas and bloating for some people.
4. Presence of anti-nutrients : Raw pulses contain ‘anti-nutrients’  ( phytate, tannin and phenol ) which can limit the body’s absorption of minerals.
5. Soaking in ash Solutions : Will reduce the ‘anti-nutrients’ more effectively.

Soaking dried pulses for several hours brings them back to life and activate their enzymes. 4-8 hours of soaking for most pulses reduces the cooking time and ensures that they can be more easily digested and their nutrients better absorbed by the body.

Gastrointestinal Problems

The high amount of non digestible fiber in beans may cause gastrointestinal problems if you aren’t used to eating them. Reduce intestinal discomfort by changing the water several times while soaking beans. In addition, drink plenty of fluids and get regular physical activity to help your body move your bowels. Gradually adding beans to your diet can also help you avoid unpleasant intestinal effects. If you still experience gas, abdominal cramping or other symptoms after eating beans, consider sprinkling an over-the-counter digestive enzyme on the beans before eating them.

Iron Absorption

Many types of beans contain high levels of iron, such as kidney beans, lima beans, soybeans and white beans. However, beans provide non-heme iron, which isn’t as easy to absorb as heme, or meat sources of iron. Improve your absorption of iron by eating beans along with meat, seafood or poultry or by eating beans with a source of vitamin C, such as oranges or bell peppers, recommends the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Incomplete Protein

Beans don’t contain complete proteins, which means they don’t provide all the essential amino acids your body needs. Eat other protein-rich legumes and grains, such as rice, to ensure you consume all of the essential amino acids. You don’t have to eat other proteins at the same meal as beans as long as you eat them on the same day, says the CDC.

Cereals and Pulses are considered to be one of the most nutritious food to live a healthy life but the fact has been neglected that the intake of these cereals is not raw. Before it goes into the stomach it has been changed into the delicious and spicy dishes, which lost all the nutritional value after being processed and cooked.

Cereals are the food of earthy elements depending exclusively on these foods creates acid  residues, develops hardening  & stiffening of arteries & joints making body heavy & stiff. Then to break down this stiffness we have to take help of yoga & other exercises. Lesser the cereal intake, more flexible the body. People are severely addicted to cereals.

     Reasons to avoid legumes –

1. Legumes are Low in Nutritional Value – legumes have some nutritional value, but they are
   not providing you anything that you can’t get more easily and better from other foods.
2. Legumes contain Phytates – For the most part – just prevent minerals in a particular food from being absorbed. So don’t expect to be absorbing all the nutrients that are in legumes.
3. Legume Contains Lectins – The 2 main effects of lectins are that they cause “Leaky Gut” and they lead to increased inflammation in your gut. However, if you cook legumes well enough, this may not be a major issue for you.
4. Legumes are high in protease inhibitors – Protease inhibitors keep proteins from being properly broken down and absorbed, your body starts producing too much of certain enzymes. When this happens, it can lead to all sorts of problems like Leaky Gut, chronic inflammation, and allergic reactions.
5. Legumes have carbs and can stall weight loss – This is probably one of the last reasons that most people should avoid legumes (after all, they’re not really doing very much for you to begin with), but if you need to lose weight or control your blood sugar, then cutting legumes out of your diet can help immensely.
6. Legumes can contain PhytoEstrogens – phytoestrogens can cause your body to over-produce estrogen, which will disrupt your entire hormonal system.
7. Cans of Legumes contain BPA – While there is still debate about whether BPA is harmful or not, if you are looking to avoid it, then the best to avoid cans of legumes.
8. Legumes have some protein and Fiber – While Legumes can be good source of Protein if your are vegetarian, the amount and quality of the protein in legumes is generally not as good as in meat.
9. Legumes contain saponins – These can cause leaky gut.
10. Legumes contains Foodmaps – Pretty much all legumes contain Galactins, which are a particular type of FODMAP. They are not a problem for everyone, but for many people, they cause a variety of digestive problems.

 

1. It builds self esteem in children – Children who spend time with their parents participating in activities together build a positive sense of self-worth. When children feel that they are valued by their parents, they feel more positive about themselves. Family activities don’t have to be expensive or luxurious to be meaningful. Take a walk together, go for a bike ride, go to park or play any game at home. The important part is just being together and enjoying each other’s company.
2. It strengthens family bond – Families who share everyday activities together as well as share vacations or daily excursions as a group form strong, emotional ties, share a stronger emotional bond as well as an ability to adapt well to situations as a family. Share your favorite hobbies, sports, books, movies or other favorite activities and build strong family ties for life.
3. It develops positive behavior – Children and adolescents who spend more time with their parents are less likely to experiment with substances like cigarettes, alcohol and drugs. According to studies,teens who have infrequent family dinners are twice as likely to use tobacco, nearly twice as likely to use alcohol and one and a half times more likely to use drugs. Kids who frequently eat with their families also usually have improved dietary intake compared to those who don’t eat as often with family members.
4. It creates happy memories – Family time creates warm memories for parents and children alike. Children with happy family memories are more likely to create a loving environment for their own children when they grow up. Learning to work and play as a family unit is one of the best lessons children can be taught so they can develop into competent adults and parents.
5. It helps parents and children reconnect – Spending time together as a family helps busy parents reconnect with their children. Children tend to share more information about their lives while enjoying an activity with you rather than when you ask them “What did you do today?” It is also a time when life lessons, like sharing, fairness and compassion, can be reinforced without conflict. Children grow and change quickly, so family time is a wonderful time to get to know your child better.
6. Set aside family time – Don’t just assume it will happen. Just like the meeting you talk about but never book, there’s always a risk it will fall between the cracks. It’s easy to think ‘we see each other all the time, we can do it another time’, but once you fall out of the routine it’s much harder to schedule it back in there. Remember that this is not time you get to opt out of.
7. Find one-on-one time too – While it’s important to do things as a whole family, it’s also important to find time to spend with individuals – including your partner! So plan date nights together (this can even be a movie once the kids are in bed), and take turns to take one of your children to the park, for example, while your   partner takes the other for a hot chocolate.
8. Find common ground – It’s a lot easier to spend time together when you are all doing something you enjoy. So take the time to find out what you all like to do – or activities you can do with one of your children on their own. If you work long hours, try to eat breakfast in the morning with them or curl up for a bedtime story – even ten minutes of quality time is better than nothing!
9. Be present – We’ve all become quite proficient at multi-tasking in our busy lives, but spending quality time with your family means not answering the phone, chatting or checking emails. It means not reading a magazine while you’re watching Tv – we know she can be tedious, but engaging with your child is important! Knowing you are laughing alongside them or asking questions at the end means they feel like you’re a bigger part of something they enjoy.

10. Be a role model – Don’t forget that your every move is being watched. If family time is important to you, your children are more likely to want to join in. So if you want your child to join in, lead by example! If you spend all your time on the phone during family time, you’re giving them the impression that they can pull out.
11. Be supportive – It’s hard to watch your children grow up and start to make their own choices, especially when you don’t agree with them. But remember to be supportive – you want your child to know that if they are in trouble they can talk to you. So being there from the beginning means they’re more likely to come to you when they really need your help. Be there no matter what – but remember you don’t always have to say what they want to hear.
12. Family bonding time – Family bonding time is time the family spends together meaningfully. This is a designated time your family plans to interact with each other over a group of activities or a major fun project. Parents can use this time to relate their childhood to an adolescent just beginning his childhood interactions.
13. Children are confident – Making a habit of displaying interest in the well being of your spouse and children will make them more likely to consult family members when there are personal problems occurring.
14. It Helps You Get To Know Each Other Better – Your family is always changing and growing. Most of their thoughts and new beliefs will not even come into your radar if you don’t have some quality family time together. But, during family time, talks about goals, dreams, and important things can come to life, which makes this a unique way to get to know the people in your family.
15. It Helps You Practice Acceptance And Compassion – Your family is going to express some different views and opinions during family time, and this is a great way to practice acceptance and compassion towards others. Developing these skills will help you when you are having struggles in your relationships. It will help your loved ones feel more valued as the person they are. And, it will strengthen your family bonds even more.
16. It Gives Everyone A Sense Of Value – Family time makes everyone feel like part of a team. It makes everyone feel as though they are valuable and needed in some aspect, which can help them get through the tougher times in life. Also, your sense of family is something that you can always fall back on when you are struggling with the other relationships in your life.
17. It Creates Shared Laughter – Laughter is good for everyone’s happiness and health. In fact, laughter can help reduce pain in the body and give clarity in the mind. Laughter is a real medicine and is actually used as a therapy to help people feel better and boost health. And, laughter is known to burn calories at 50 calories per 15 minutes. So a good bout of laughter after dinner could be the exact thing you need to help burn it off.
18. It occupies your mind – Do you want to forget about a stressful day or stop thinking about something that is worrying you for a while? Family time can help you do that. As you focus on the people in your family and what you are doing, you will be more present in the moment and less focused on the past or the future. Being present is very good for your mental well-being, as well as for your physical well-being.
19. Unleashes your creative side – It feels good to unleash your creative side after a serious day. Family time is usually spent playing games or having fun, which is all about creativity. The major benefits of creativity include stress relief, gaining self-awareness, and gaining the ability to problem solve. In other words, if you are tackling a problem at work or in your life, spend some time with the family getting creative, experience the benefits, and then go back with a fresh and ready mind.
20. It Gives You A New Perspective On Your Home – when you all gather in the living room for some family time, your home looks completely different. This is because you are more present and aware of your surroundings, so you notice the feel of your home, the look of it, the way people move in it, and even the smell of it much more. It makes your home feel more like a home
21. Encourages A Better Path For Kids – Kids benefit from family time in a big way. They also get future benefits, such as less likely to have issues with behavior and less likely to get involved in gangs or in drugs. In other words, kids that spend family time with their loved ones, and get a lot of nurturing during that time, will make better choices for themselves. They have less of a void in their life to fill.
22. It Gives You A Place To Share Important Things – Family time is a time when you feel connected, and that is when all the beans are spilled because we all want to share our excitement and important thoughts with other people we feel connected to.

 

1. Family night – Choose a night each week that is always family night. Everyone should know what night this is. Keep it scheduled and don’t let anything fall in its place. This is important. Go to a fun place together, movie or go out for dinner. Stay home for a movie night or game night. Talk! Tell each other about your week and your plans.
2. Family vacation – Have a family vacation at least once a year. It doesn’t have to be an elaborate cruise, although that would be a blast and surely create fond memories! Go camping, hiking, go to amusement parks, or even have a staycation. But do it, spend time together on vacation!
3. Exercise together – Get outside with your kids! Go enjoy the great outdoors. Go hiking, fishing, boating, or participate in family runs together. Physical activity and sunshine is great for everyone but when you do it together as a family, you build those relationships at the same time.
4. Read together – Go to the library together. Find a list of great chapter books for whatever age your children are. Reading together makes for great conversation and bonding time. And if a movie was made after the book, go see it together!
5. Get Artsy – There are some awesome classes and opportunities out there in the city. Go to a museum or an art show. Or just find a simple craft to make at home together. Whatever it is, doing art together makes great memories with your family.
6. Serve others – Find a way to help someone else as a family. Do you have an elderly neighbor that needs help pulling weeds? Get involve in some social activity. They will learn the value of helping others and doing it together makes a huge difference!
7. Get in the kitchen – When you make dinner, ask one of your children to help you. This might make the dinner process a little longer, sometimes a lot longer. But if you help your kids get familiar in the kitchen when they are younger, it will be easier for them later on; they might even thank you for it someday.
8. School Events – Attend school events together
9. Shopping – Shopping with the family can make a simple chore an event.
10. Watching together – Go to the theater, watch television, or rent movies. By watching some shows your child enjoys, you will learn more about him/her and can use the topics brought up for more interesting discussions.
11. Religious activities – Perform religious activities together on holidays.
12. Homework – If parents can spend positive time with their children without conflict, this can be a good bonding experience where the school work itself is just a means to the end.
13. Longer life – Organise family get-togethers as often as possible to reap the health benefits.
14. Healthier lifestyle – Spend time with optimistic and health-conscious family members if your lifestyle is less than ideal.
15. Less Stress – Talk about your worries with anyone in the family, you have a close relationship with – if not your mother then your partner, for instance – to help you feel more at ease.
16. Less isolation – Enjoy the benefits of family relationships and try organising more time with your partner, children and members of your extended family if you’re feeling isolated.
17. More confident kids – Persuade your partner and children to unplug themselves from their digital devices and arrange activities you can all do and enjoy together as often as possible.
18. Create new traditions – Don’t wait for holidays or vacations to connect. Sunday breakfast, Friday game night, weekend shopping, morning walk, or gardening can bring the family together.Whatever tradition you choose, make sure everyone, including parents, honors a set time. Everyone should show up and unplug. No texting, no Facebook, and no TV. “Don’t let your schedule run you,”
19. Have dinner – Eating dinner as a family allows you to be a part of their daily conversations and to answer any questions they may have come across during the day when you were apart.
20. Fix things together – Fixing things together allows you to plan for the project and also gives you lots of time to interact.
21. After dinner walks – The act of walking whilst you talk may actually make it easier for children to bring up difficult topics or problems they face because they have something else (like walking) to focus on when they bring these subjects up.
22. Share family stories – Find time to share family photos, stories about your family’s history. Dig out your old photo albums and look through them with your children. Add new pictures to the family collection together and make this a regular activity.
23. Connect with your teenagers – As your children grow into their teenage years, spending time together becomes even more important, and at the same time, difficult. It takes a little more effort, but finding daily time for your teenagers is possible.
24. Do Good – Teenagers are inspired to volunteer and to make a difference in the world around them. Find a cause which you both identify with and sign up together. Attend regularly, volunteer and find time for each other too.
25. Get to know your teen’s friends – Teen’s spend a lot of time with their friends, finding out who they are as individuals and learning how to socialise beyond the family. Try opening up your home and welcome your teen’s friends to get to know them better.
26. Celebrate Family traditions – Share these family traditions with the younger generation and set aside the time to follow these traditions together to create lasting memories.
27. Make your spouse feel special – In all our daily rush, we sometimes take the person closest to us for granted. Spend time with your spouse and let them know that they are special to you in every way.
28. Celebrate, Recognise and appreciate each other – Keep track of important events such as family birthdays, job changes, retirements, anniversaries, engagements, graduations, births, and yes, deaths too. Recognise these important events and make time to attend them, organise celebrations for them and be there to support each other.

 

1. “In family relationships, love is really spelled T.I.M.E.”
2. “At the end of your life, you will never regret not having passed one more test, not winning one more verdict, or not closing one more deal. You will regret time not spent with a husband, a friend, a child, a parent.”
3. “Family time is sacred time and should be protected and respected.”
4. “If it is important to you, you will find a way. If not, you’ll find an excuse.”
5. “Listen earnestly to anything your children want to tell you, no matter what. If you don’t listen eagerly to the little stuff when they are little, they won’t tell you the big stuff when they are big, because to them all of it has always been big stuff.”
6. “Family is the most important thing in the world.”
7. “If you want something to last forever, you treat it differently. You shield it and protect it. You never abuse it. You don’t expose it to the elements. You don’t make it common or ordinary. If it ever becomes tarnished, you lovingly polish it until it gleams like new. It becomes special because you have made it so, and it grows more beautiful and precious as time goes by.”
8. “To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there.”
9. “Some of the most important conversations I’ve ever had occurred at my family’s dinner table.”
10. “When in doubt, choose the kids. There will be plenty of time later to choose work.”
11. “Children will not remember you for the material things you provided, but for the feeling that you cherished them.”
12. “Happiness comes from unselfish service. And happy homes are only those where there is a daily striving to make sacrifices for each other’s happiness.”
13. “I think togetherness is a very important ingredient to family life.”
14. “Family: like branches on a tree, we all grow in different directions yet our roots remain as one.”
15. “We didn’t realize we were making memories, we just knew we were having fun.”
16. “If you want your children to turn out well, spend twice as much time with them and half as much money.”
17. “You always have time for the things you put first.”
18. “Family is not an important thing. It’s everything.”
19. “While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach        us what life is all about.”
20. “When you love what you have, you have everything you need.
21. No amount of money or success can take place of time spent with your family.
22. Love your family. Spend time, be kind & serve one another. Make no room for regrets. Tomorrow is not promised & today is short.
23. Your children get only one childhood. Make if memorable.
24. Having family time to reflect on your day is the BEST.
25. Time spent with family is worth every second.
26. Rejoice with your family in the beautiful land of life.
27. I don’t think quantity time is as special as quality time with your family.
28. If you want to change the world go home and love your family.
29. Your family and your love must be cultivated like a garden. Time, effort, and imagination must be summoned constantly to keep any relationship flourishing and growing.
30. If you are too busy to enjoy time with your family, then you need to reevaluate your priorities.
31. Sticking with your family is what makes it a family.
32. Family time is the best time.
33. No matter what, it’s family time over everything.
34. A man should never neglect his family for business.
35. Do you spend time with your family? Good. Because a man that doesn’t spend time with his family can never be a real man.
36. Your cell phone has already replaced your watch, alarm clock and calendar. Don’t let it replace your family.
37. The most important thing in the world is family and love.
38.  Togetherness is a very important ingredient to family life.
39. Family always going  be there. The material things come and go.
40. The single most important factor in our long-term happiness is the relationships we have with our family.
41. One of the important thing that binds family should be a shared sense of humor.
42. Ultimate life dream project should be kids and family.
43. Nurture the practice of family values, by embracing policies that value families.
44. My family is my life and everything comes second.
45. Family is the most mysterious and fascinating institution in the world.
46. The family is the nucleus of civilization.
47. Dignity is not negotiable. Dignity is the honor of the family.
48. Having somewhere to go is Home. Having someone to Love is Family. Having both is a Blessing.
49. Family is like music, some high notes, some low notes, but always a beautiful song.

Symptoms of copper deficiency – Our body needs copper only in small amounts, but we often don’t eat enough copper-rich foods.

A deficiency in copper, therefore, can have the following negative effects in our body, and this is just a short list!

• Anemia and low white blood cell count
• Brittle bones leading to osteoporosis
• Oxidation of LDL cholesterol that causes heart problems
• Poor immune system, low resistance to infections
• Thyroid disorders
• Low body temperature or always feeling cold
• Lethargy
• Water retention
• Stunted growth
• Hair loss and premature hair greying
• Skin problems
• Fatigue
• Unexplained weight loss
• Muscle soreness
• Neurological disorders

Benefits of drinking water from a copper glass :-

1. Prevents water-borne diseases – Copper aids the body’s absorption of iron, which plays a key role in fighting anemia. An Anemic person must eat iron-rich foods and/or take iron supplements.   Copper-infused water can assist with the body’s absorbing of iron and help to fight Anemia.
2. Helps the digestive system to perform well – Copper helps cleanse and detox your stomach to ensure proper elimination of waste and harmful products. It also regulates liver and kidney functioning, and ensures the absorption of nutrients from food. Copper has properties that stimulates peristalsis, kills harmful bacteria and reduces inflammation within the stomach– making it a great remedy for ulcers, indigestion and infections.
3. Aids in weight loss – To lose weight quicker, try drinking water stored in a copper vessel regularly. Apart from fine tuning your digestive system to perform better, copper also helps your body break down fat cells and eliminates it more efficiently, thereby, helping your body keep only what it will use and throw out the rest.
4. Slows down aging – Copper is known to be oligodynamic in nature (the sterilizing effect of metals on bacteria), and can destroy bacteria very effectively. It is especially effective against E.coli and S.aureus bacteria that are commonly found in our environment and are known to cause severe illnesses in the human body. It can also help reduce the risk of cross-contamination and prevent the spread of infection.
5. Good for heart health – Copper helps regulate blood pressure and heart rate as well as lowers bad cholesterol and triglyceride levels. In addition, copper prevents the accumulation of plaque in the arteries to promote better blood flow to the heart. Copper-infused water can help your body to prevent heart disease.
6. Maintains healthy skin – Copper is the main component in the production of melanin that defines the color of your eyes, hair and skin. Melanin also helps keep the skin safe from sun damage, speeds up wound healing and covers up scars. It aids the production of new cells that help replenish the top layer of your skin. The production of new cells helps you enjoy smooth, blemish-free and clear skin.
7. Regulates the working of the thyroid glands – One commonality amongst people with thyroid diseases is that they usually have low levels of copper in their body. Copper is one of the most important trace minerals the thyroid gland needs to function optimally.
8. Stimulates the brain – Copper actually helps in the synthesis of phospholipids that are essential for the formation of myelin sheaths. Thereby, making your brain work much faster and more efficiently. Apart from that, copper is known to have brain stimulant and anti-convulsive properties (prevents seizures), that do a world of good for your brain.
9. Its anti-inflammatory – Copper also helps in the production of new and healthy skin cells that replace old dying ones. This asset is especially great to relieve aches and pains caused due to inflamed joints. Also, it improves the bone health and therefore prevents any problems related to bones like osteoporosis.
10. Fights free radicals – Copper has very strong antioxidant properties that helps fight off free radicals and negate their ill effects – one of the main reasons for the development of cancer. Copper promotes the breakdown and elimination of fat cells.
11. Immune System – Copper has very potent anti-inflammatory properties. Copper also has bone and immune system strengthening properties, helping to mitigate arthritis and rheumatoid arthritis.
12. Its Anti Microbial – Storing contaminated water in copper for up to 16 hours at room temperature considerably reduces the presence of the harmful microbes, so much that copper holds promise as a point-of-use solution for microbial purification of drinking-water.
13. Helps maintain a good pH balance – Copper ions in water help to maintain a good balance of pH level in the body, making the body a conducive and healthy environment for beneficial bacteria, and toxic to harmful bacteria. It helps eliminate discomforts such as acidity and can reduce gas and bloating. This, in turn, will prove useful in balancing and regulating hormones  and healing for intestinal ulcers.
14. Helps in baby’s development – The copper present in the water stored in copper container is also important for the formation of the unborn baby’s blood vessel, nervous system, heart and skeletal system. It also helps in improving hair health and skin health of your baby.
15. Prevents neurobehavioral disorders – Drinking water charged with copper help in curbing the development of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder or ADHD in the baby in your womb. Copper in the water covers the neuron gaps in the brain by synthesizing lipids to form the myelin sheath. When you have the deficiency of copper, it can lead to several mental issues.Plus, regular consumption of this copper rich water helps in resisting seizures and convulsions.
16. Faster healing – When you experience a cut or scrape, water stored in a copper vessel may help you by speeding up the healing process. Full of properties that fight bacteria, viruses, and inflammation, copper can prevent infection while also promoting healing. Since it has anti-bacterial, anti-fungal and anti-viral properties, copper helps to heal wounds in an effective manner.
17. Kiss wrinkles goodbye – Water that has been stored in a copper vessel contains a large amount of antioxidants which play a major role in warding off wrinkles and age lines. Antioxidants can also replace dead skin cells and promote new skin growth. Your skin will thank you with every sip!
18. During Pregnancy – Your immune system faces a special challenge during pregnancy to protect both you and your baby from any illness. Drinking water from a copper vessel during pregnancy helps to ward off infections and illnesses.
19. Beauty Product – Copper is responsible for melanin production in the body which imparts the natural skin color.  If you have a rich content of copper in your body then your skin will become smooth and supple and you get a flawless and glowing skin.
20. Increases Energy Production – Copper is essential for the synthesis of adenosine triphosphate, which is an energy storehouse of the human body. The cuproenzyme, cytochrome c oxidase, affects intracellular energy production. Therefore, when we have enough copper in our bodies, we will have enough functional and accessible energy to get through the day without feeling lethargic or tired.

One of the myths that we hear about copper is that it is poisonous and is bad for us. Well, on the contrary, copper is an element that is essential for our enzyme systems. Enzyme systems are credited for various metabolic processes that are crucial to the sustenance of life. Copper are necessary for an overall healthy lifestyle, as this mineral enables a normal metabolic process in association with amino acids and vitamins. Copper cannot be produced within the body and therefore needs to be added from external sources.

Our Ancestors stored water in copper vessels to kill bacteria. Before water purifiers came in people had to find a way to kill bacteria in the water before drinking it. Copper vessels were one of those ways. The Oligodynamic effects of copper not only cleansed the water but also ionized it with nutrients. Today’s water purifying systems tend to strip water of most healthful nutrients.

There have been cases where people have experienced copper toxicity. Hearing these stories, people are quick to conclude that copper is bad. Most copper toxicity cases has been traced to drinking water from corroded copper pipes. The corrosion of the pipes takes place due to the acidity and softness of the water. Cooking acidic foods in copper pans or pots can also contribute to the toxicity of copper.

Since last few years lead has been used because of its non-corrosion properties. However, the use of lead to avoid corrosion in drinking water has become illegal in many countries, due to the poisonous nature of lead. Lead is harmful whether ingested or inhaled. Unfortunately, there are still some pipes that still have been coated with lead, causing the death of millions (Lead Poisoning).

The idea behind throwing coins in river is not about the blind faith of river worship but to kill the harmful bacteria with copper coins as this purified water would be useful for fish and other living beings within the water and the humans and animals drinking it would remain healthy. Today’s generation, without thinking of the meaning behind this act, are  ignorantly throwing Nickel  or Aluminum  coins into rivers, which is of no use and in fact detrimental to environment.

1. It boosts your digestion system and works best for stomach upsets, indigestion, bloating, etc.
2. High in calcium and protein, beneficial for those who are lactose intolerant and can’t take in milk.
3. The best cure for a hangover – Drink responsibly, but if you have side-effects occasionally, curd could be a big help.
4. It works as an energy booster. It also hydrates your body and works as an antioxidant.
5. Great for hair and skin – You can apply it directly, but consuming a cup a day shows results too.
6. The best form of fat – curd has the same nutritional value as milk.
7. Stress buster and mood lifter – Curd is a great mood lifter. Flavored yogurt especially helps deal with lows.
8. Increases immunity and defense mechanisms of the body.
9. Improves the absorption of vitamins and minerals from other foods in your body.
10. Best comfort food for all seasons!
11. It minimizes the risk of high blood pressure and helps reduce cholesterol levels by preventing the thickening of carotid arteries.
12. Some people, who cannot consume milk because they are lactose intolerant, can safely consume curd. You do not lose out on the nutritional boost that milk provides.
13. All dairy products are good for your bones, and curd is no different. If you want to avoid painful diseases like osteoporosis and arthritis in the future.
14. New research has confirmed that eating 18 ounces of curd daily helps to reduce belly fat as a greater amount of calcium allows the fats cells to release a lesser amount of cortisol thus helps to weight loss.
15. If one has sexual inadequacy or feeling the condition like sexual impotency, the curd will give an added zeal and enthusiasm. Feeling such sexual problems, one has to take curd along with sugar just before meals.
16. Curd is an effective remedy for a person suffering from Piles and Diarrhea. In these cases, one should take curd with ginger and rice.
17. Curd along with a little quantity of sugar and salt acts as an appetizer.
18. Cow milk curd is better than curd made of buffalo milk.
19. Curd is packed with micronutrients with vitamins and minerals like B12, Calcium, Magnesium, and   Zinc.
20. Curd improves hunger since it is excellent appetite-building food.
21. It is helpful in bleeding disorders.
22. Curd is great for women, it helps to reduce vaginal infection.
23. Yogurt is rich in lactase which helps in giving good health to the intestines.
24. Curd is anti-aging.
25. Curd is useful in treating Insomnia.
26. Beneficial in lowering levels of Plaque and Gingivitis.
27. It helps to lower hypertension and prevents cardiovascular diseases.

Plain low-fat yogurt isn’t necessarily appealing to everyone, but you can take this nutritious yogurt and add other foods to it to improve the flavor and the nutrient content. Consider adding fruit to give it more sweetness, and nuts to add some crunch while increasing the protein and healthy unsaturated fats. Both fruit and nuts contain essential vitamins, minerals, and fiber. Another way to make yogurt more filling is to mix in some high-fiber, low-sugar cereal.

Avoid Curd at Night :

1. Curd has a tendency to block body channels
2. Eating curd at night should be avoided as one has to sleep after dinner
3. The digestion process continues at a very slow pace during sleep. The chances of Strotas ( Body channels ) getting blocked increases.
4. Patients with Asthma, Cough, Cold, and Arthritis must not eat curd even during the day.

Curd-side effect and prevention ;

1. Being oily in nature, it subdues the Vata Dosha but increases Kaff, Vatta, and Pitta Dosha.
2. Eating of Sour curd should be avoided as it irritates the throat and causes common cold and headache.
3. Arthritis patients should avoid curd as it may add pains to your joints.
4. Curd should not be consumed alone. Substances like sugar, jaggery, rock salt and should always be added to it.

Curd is an all-in-one natural beauty product on earth. There are many benefits of using curd for skin and hair.

Top beauty benefits of curd:-

1. It is a wonderful source of lactic acid and it removes the dead skin cells effectively.

2. It acts as a deep cleanser and even cleans the pores.

3. The Bifidobacterium, a kind of bacteria contained in curd makes it very responsive to oxygen, reacts with oxygen in the air, and instantly produces hydrogen peroxide naturally. This improves skin complexion.

4. Removes suntan

5. Acts as an astringent

6. Removes blemishes on regular usage

7. Curd also acts as a catalyst and when it is mixed with other face packs, it activates the ingredients and makes the skin absorb them well.

8. It is rich in B-complex and pampers your skin when applied.

9. It is a natural face wash with moisturizer.

10. Cures and prevents acne.

11. Get softer and Radiant face skin.

12. Prevents premature wrinkles.

13. Removes Dark spots.

14. Minimizes Blemishes.

15. Get rids of Acne naturally.

16. Natural hair conditioner.

17. Homemade face mask.

18. Promotes thick and healthy hair.

19. Removes dead skin cells effectively.

20. Moisturizes dry skin.

Homemade face pack using Curd –

Curd, Honey face pack – 

• This pack is a natural moisturizer. You can safely replace your moisturizer with this pack or use this for extra moisturizing in a natural way. This pack is also known to improve skin color.
• It also acts as a cleanser and toner.
• Add 1 tablespoon honey to 1 tablespoon curd.
• Mix well and apply this paste to the face and neck.
• Wash with cold water, wipe and find a smooth glowing skin.

Curd, Olive oil face pack – 

• This is the best anti-aging face pack. It effectively cures and prevents the fine lines, wrinkles, and dryness on the face and prevents premature aging.
• Add 1 tablespoon olive oil to 3-4 tablespoons curd.
• Mix well and apply a coat on the face and neck.
• Wash with cold water after 15 minutes.
• Results are best when you use them regularly.

Curd, Orange peel powder face pack – 

• Orange peel powder has a nature of improving skin complexion. It works best when mixed with curd. The combination helps you to remove tan, improve skin texture, and complexion. It makes the skin glow on regular usage.
• Take 5 tablespoons of orange peel powder.
• Add enough quantity of curd to make a smooth paste.
• Apply all over the face and leave it for at least 15-20 minutes or until it dries.
• Apply a little oil to palms and gently rub the face in circular motions before washing.
• This exfoliates the skin. Wash with cold water.
• Apply this pack every alternate day for better results.

Curd, gram flour face pack – 

• This face pack reduces the sebum and deep cleans the pores. It also nurtures the skin and gives a glow.
•  Add 3-4 tablespoon of gram flour to a bowl.
• Add sufficient curd, about 3-4 tablespoons to make a smooth paste.
• Mix well and apply this paste to the face and neck.
•  Let it dry slightly or leave for at least 15-20 minutes.
•  Regular application will vanish the acne and blemishes on the face. It gives you flawless skin.

Curd, Almond face pack – 

• It’s the best anti-aging face pack and also the best moisturizer.
• Take a hand full of almonds and make it into powder by running in a blender.
• Don’t run the mixer at high speed.
• This powder can be stored in an airtight jar in a refrigerator.
• Take 2-3 tablespoons of this powder in a bowl and add 2 tablespoons of curd.
•  Mix well and apply on face and neck. Leave it for at least 15 minutes and rub gently.
• Wash with cold water.

It is also important to mention that a cup of warm milk at night can have an impact on the following day. Actually, it may help you wake up revitalized and full of energy. There is no doubt that milk will give
you energy and help you start your day in a good mood. You will stay active the entire day and you will not be tired. Another interesting and important benefit of drinking milk at night is weight loss.

If you are overweight, it is recommended to drink non-fat or low-fat milk. Of course, you should be
careful with the amount of milk you are taking. It is enough to drink only a cup of warm milk before going to bed. It will provide you with all nutrients and it will reduce your appetite. This way you will not have the need to eat anything more and milk will help you burn calories much faster. But, you should have in mind that you can drink only pure milk if you want to lose weight. It means that you should not add sugar, honey, or any other sweetener.

As per the dietary guidelines for Indians, three portions of milk and milk products, with each portion being of 100 gm, is to be included in the balanced diet of adult men and women. For pregnant and lactating women, it is five portions per day.

Comparing Cow’s milk with plan based beverages like Soy milk, Rice, Almond, and coconut researchers have concluded that there is no alternative to Cow’s milk.

Cow’s milk is most widely consumed by humans. The milk of other animals such as buffaloes, goats, llamas, camels, deer, sheep, and water buffaloes is also consumed by people around the world.

Types of Milk

Experts suggest individuals choose their milk depending on their body requirement, as there is something for everyone.

• Raw milk (not recommended for drinking)
• Pasteurized milk (heat-treated)
• Full cream milk (4% fat)
• Reduced-fat milk (2% fat)
• Skimmed milk (0.15% fat)
• Flavored milk (with added sugars)
• Calcium enriched milk (500mg calcium in 250ml glass)
• Lactose-free milk (for lactose intolerant people)

Health benefits of Milk :

1. Keeps Bones Healthy.
2. Helps in weight loss.
3. Beats stress.
4. Builds muscle.
5. Healthy Body.
6. Controls Hunger Pangs.
7. Milk is a flavored treat.
8. Perfect Post work-out Drink.
9. Natural source of protein.
10. Best Source of calcium.
11. Energy Booster.
12. Acts as a food supplement.
13. Aids Good Sleep.
14. Soothes the bad throat.
15. Improves hydration.
16.  Improves complexion.
17. Excellent Cleanser.
18. Shrinks Pores.
19. Milk for radiant skin.
20. Removes dead cells.
21. Smoothen fine lines and wrinkles.
22. Treatment of Sunburns.
23. Good Moisturizer.
24. Treatment of dry and rough hair.
25. Milk as a conditioner.
26. Milk for Shiny hair.

NUTRITION FACTS
Milk ( per 100g )
Nutrient	%
Energy	50 Kcal
Carbohydrates	4.80g
Fat	1.98g
Protein	3.30g
Minerals	%
Potassium	140mg
Calcium	120mg
Phosphorus	92mg
Sodium	47mg
Magnesium	11mg
Zinc	0.48mg
Iron	0.02mg
Mangnese	0.014mg
Copper	0.006mg
Vitamins	%
A	28ug
B1	0.039mg
B2	0.185mg
B3	0.092mg
B4	16.4mg
B5	0.356mg
B6	0.038mg
B9	5ug
C	S0.2mg
E	0.03mg

Raw Milk for Skin and Body :

How To Make Skin Toning Raw Milk Face Mask?

1. Add a few drops of lemon juice to raw milk and mix well.
2. Add rose water if you have a dry skin type.
3. Apply on face and neck, and leave to dry for 15 minutes.
4. Wash with lukewarm water if the skin is oily and with normal tap water if the skin is dry.

Moisturizer : One of the most effective raw milk benefits is moisturization. This is not exactly a secret benefit of raw milk. Raw milk nourishes deeper skin layers and offers conditioning and moisturization from inside.

Skin Cleanser : It is so wonderful to realize that a little juggling between ingredients makes a single product a good toner, moisturizer as well as a cleanser. Raw milk offers unmatched skin cleansing, as it deeply cleans the pores of excessive oil, sebum, dirt, and even blackheads.

Anti Tanning Agent : Raw milk is an ultimate anti-tan agent. It can be used alongside tomato juice to make an amazing anti-tan face pack. This natural ingredient offers freedom from the complete body tan.

Fairness Agent : Raw milk tones the skin in a gentle way. It is an unbeaten fairness agent that keeps a check on the secretion of tyrosine in human skin. Tyrosine is the melanin controlling hormone that can lead to skin darkening.

Anti Acne Agent : Raw milk is an acne-fighting agent. It removes excess oil and also keeps a check on skin dryness. This naturally keeps acne under control.

Anti-Aging Agent : This amazing toner is also a natural foe to premature aging. You can mix raw milk with mashed banana to make an effective anti-aging face mask. It reduces the appearance of sunspots, fine lines, peeled skin, and wrinkles.

Adds Glow : Raw milk adds a never-ending glow to the face when used with sugar particles. It improves the complexion and reverses the visible signs of dryness.

Natural Sunscreen : Mix raw milk with curd and apply evenly on the face 30 minutes before and after you step out in the sun. It makes an amazing protective sheath around your skin.

Comfort bath : Fill the bathtub with water, and add 1-2 liters of raw milk, a few rose petals and a few tablespoons of lemon juice to it to get the ‘Cleopatra Bath’ right in the comfort of your home!

• Cook from scratch so you know exactly what’s in your food.
• When you do opt for packaged foods, choose products that are sodium free or low in sodium.
• At restaurants, ask your server which foods are prepared without added salt—and order those items.
• In the kitchen and at the dinner table, substitute spices, herbs, and salt-free blends for salt.
• Avoid instant foods such as pasta, rice, and cereals, which usually contain salt.
• Rinse canned foods to wash off some of the salt.
• Check labels for sodium in all its forms.
• When buying frozen vegetables, choose those that are labeled “fresh frozen” and do not contain added seasoning or sauces.
• Compare various brands of the same food item until you find the one that has the lowest sodium content.
• Skip fried foods and Fast Foods.
• Discover reduced or non-sodium alternatives.
• Select spices or seasonings that do not list sodium on their labels.
• Eat lots of fruits and vegetables.

Other strategies to reduce Sodium intake are Public education, Dietary counseling, Food labeling, Track your Sodium intake, Co-ordinated voluntary reduction within family and support from doctors towards their patients.

Train your taste buds since salt preference is an acquired taste that can be unlearned. It takes about 4 weeks to get used to eating food with much lower quantities of salt, but once it’s done, it’s actually difficult to eat foods like potato chips because they taste way too salty.

Always remember to keep an eye on your portion sizes. Eat smaller portions of salty foods.

Column 1 : Indicates that a product contains high amounts of this nutrient, so enjoy this choice once in a while, or as a treat.

Column 2 : Indicates that a product contains medium amounts of this nutrient, so it’s an OK choice most of the time.

Column 3 : Indicates that a product contains low amounts of this nutrient. The more of this, the healthier the choice.

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

	Limit these foods	Check the label	Low salt options
	High in salt and/or saturated fat	Contains some salt / saturated fat	Lower in salt and /or saturated fat
	Eat only occasionally or as a treat	Choose lower salt option	Choose these foods
	Bread, cereals and Starchy Foods	Bread, cereals and Starchy Foods	Bread, cereals and Starchy Foods
	Sandwiches filled with cheese and / or processed meat pizzas pot noodles and instant noodles	Most breakfast cereals like corn flakes, puffed rice, bran flakes, muesli and wheat biscuits, most sandwiches, processed pasta and bread	Some breakfast cereals like shredded wheat, porridge oats, and museli without salt, Grains, pasta potatoes and plantain

	Eggs & dairy	Eggs & dairy	Eggs & dairy
	Whole milk, cream, soured cream, coconut cream.milk, most cheese, processed cheese and quiches	Semi skimmed milk, soya milk including flavored and soya cream yogurt and low fat cream fraiche, Cottage cheese and low fat cream cheese, Mozzarella eggs	1% fat milk, skimmed milk, Light soya milk and light soya cream, Low fat/fat free yogurt, soya yogurt
	Fats and Oils	Fats and Oils	Fats and Oils
	Some fats like Butter and Ghee, Pastry and Some oils like palm, coconut	Low Fat Spreads	Some oils like Olive, Rapeseed, Canola, Peanut, Groundnut, Sunflower, Sesame and Corn Oils

	Meat, Fish & Vegetarian Alternatives	Meat, Fish & Vegetarian Alternatives	Meat, Fish & Vegetarian Alternatives
	Processed Meat like pate, ham, Corned Beef, Burgers, Sausages, Meat pies and sausage rolls, Smoked fish like Prawns & sheelfish, Meat free sausages rolls, Pies, Bacon	Breaded Poultry, Extra lean mince, Meat-based soup and ready meals, Fish Cakes, Fish in batter or crumbs/sauce, Vegetarian Sausages and Burgers, Meat free ready meals;Quorn	Fresh, lean meat and white and oily fish, Tinned fish in water, Soya mince and Tofu
	Fruits & Vegetables	Fruits & Vegetables	Fruits & Vegetables
	Vegetable Pies, Some pre-prepared vegetable dishes	Pickled vegetables, Processed Potatoes:Croquettes, Waffles and oven chips, Baked Beans, Prepared salads, Vegetable Soups and ready meals	Fresh frozen and dried fruits, Vegetables and Pulses, Tinned fruits and vegetables with no added salt

	Desserts and Sweet Snacks	Desserts and Sweet Snacks	Desserts and Sweet Snacks
	Cakes, Cheese cakes and Ice cream, Most pastry or Cream based Desserts, Hot Chocolate made with Milk or Ice Cream, Confectionery like Fudge, Toffee, Sweets, Sweet Biscuits	Fruit Buns, Frozen Yogurt, Fruit crumble, Jelly, Fruit Triffle, Diet Desserts, Sweet Biscuits, rich Tea, Reduced fat biscuits Cereal Bars, Breakfast Pots ( Yogurt based )	Sugar free jelly, Low fat Yogurt, Rice Pudding, Fruits and Fruit salad, Dried Fruits and Ready prepared fruit snacks
	Savory Snacks	Savory Snacks	Savory Snacks
	Salted popcorn, Crisps and salted or roasted nuts, Sour Cream-and Mayonnaise-based dips and cheese dips, Cheese flavored biscuits, Olives, Sun dried tomatoes	Flavored bread sticks and low salt crisps, Crisp breads, oatcakes and Flavored rice cakes, Savory crackers and biscuits, Most vegetable- pulse- based dips – Hummus and guacamole	Unsalted popcorn, Rice cakes, plain bread sticks, Unsalted nuts and seeds ( in moderation ), No added salt crisps and Salsa dips

	Sauces and Seasonings	Sauces and Seasonings	Sauces and Seasonings
	All types of salt, Stock Cubes, Spreads- Marmite, Chocolate, Peanut butter; Table sauces- Soy, Ketchup, Mayonnaise, salad Cream and Mustard; Curry Pasta, Pesto	Low Salt Stock Cubes, Gravy Pasta and Curry Sauces, Packet Sauces- Bread, Cheese and onion; Chutneys and Pickle	Vinegar, Lemon Juice and wine, Herbs and Spices, Tomato puree apple, Cranberry and Mint sauce

Get into the habit of comparing similar products and choose those with more Column 2 and Column 3 and fewer Column 1 for a healthier diet.